Selenskyj blames West for war victims - "Wouldn't have died if..."

Created: 05/24/2022Updated: 05/24/2022 10:01 am

For three months, Russia has been attacking its neighbor in the Ukraine war.

Selenskyj is now urgently demanding more weapons - his country has a right to them.

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  : For three months now, Russia has been attacking its neighbor in the Ukraine war - all diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict have been unsuccessful.

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  lack of arms deliveries is partly to blame for the victims of the Ukraine war.

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Kyiv - After three months of the Ukraine war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has demanded modern anti-missile weapons and combat aircraft from the West against Russia - and blames the lack of arms deliveries so far for the victims of the war in Ukraine.

Many people "would not have died if we had received all the weapons we ask for," Zelenskyy said Monday evening (May 23) in a new video message marking Russian President Vladimir Putin's war of aggression.

Since the war began on February 24, his country has been the target of 3,000 airstrikes and nearly 1,500 rocket attacks.

The vast majority of attacks were aimed at civilian targets.

Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Zelenskyj demands the right to arms assistance

All of Ukraine's partners agree that his country's fight against Russia serves to "protect the common values ​​of all countries in the free world," Zelenskyy said.

That is why his country has a right to arms assistance.

At the end of April, Germany gave the green light for the delivery of the tanks no longer used by the Bundeswehr.

But the delivery of the tanks has been a long time coming since there are problems with the procurement of ammunition.

The federal government announced on Monday (May 23) that 30 Cheetah anti-aircraft tanks are to be made available to Ukraine before September if possible. 

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy © IMAGO/Sarsenov Daniiar/Ukraine Preside

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In the east of Ukraine, where the Russian army has concentrated its activities, the situation remains difficult, said Zelenskyj in his video message.

He does not expect that Russia will give up the occupied territories in the Kharkiv region and other regions.

"The coming weeks of war will be difficult," he added.