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Several countries have promised to send anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, as well as lighter weaponry. However, Zelensky stressed that Kiev needs tanks, fighter jets and anti-ship weapons systems.
"Our partners have these and are just gathering dust where they are. All this is not only for the freedom of Ukraine, but for the freedom of all of Europe," Zelensky said in a videotaped message late Saturday night.
According to him, Ukraine needs just 1 percent of NATO's aircraft and 1 percent of the North Atlantic Alliance's tanks and pledged not to ask for more.
"We have been waiting for 31 days. Who is responsible for the Euro-Atlantic community? Is it really still Moscow because of intimidation?"
Zelensky has repeatedly stressed that Russia will attempt to expand further into Europe if Ukraine "falls". But NATO does not support his call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine, on the grounds that it would cause a generalized military conflict.
Earlier yesterday, Saturday, Zelensky held talks with Polish President Andrei Duda and expressed disappointment that Russian-built fighter jets in eastern Europe had not been sent to Ukraine.
"The price of procrastination regarding the aircraft is thousands of Ukrainian lives," Zelensky said, according to an update from the Ukrainian presidency. He noted that Poland and the US had both indicated their readiness to make the decision.
A few weeks ago, Washington had rejected Poland's surprise proposal to transfer MiG-29 fighters to a US base in Germany to be used to strengthen Ukraine's air force.
Source: APM
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