Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Wednesday asked his allies to make a decision to speed up arms and ammunition supplies, insisting there was no more time to lose in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army.

“We have to survive. This requires specific decisions, decisions about weapons. And that these weapons arrive on time,” Zelensky emphasized at a press conference in the capital of Albania, Tirana, where he participated in the Ukrainian-Balkan summit, EFE and Agerpres report.

“If someone decides to send weapons, he should do it in time,” the Ukrainian president said. “We have problems with the supply of ammunition, which affects the situation on the battlefield,” Zelenskyy pointed out.

“Macron said he had more ideas to share with me”

He also announced at the press conference that he expects the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in mid-March to discuss the possibilities of strengthening Ukraine in this war. Macron “said that there are several ideas that he would share with me,” Zelenskyy said, without elaborating on the topic.

President Macron suggested on Monday the possibility of sending the troops of some European countries to Ukraine, because, as he explained, while Russian troops are advancing in the east of Ukraine, “nothing can be ruled out in the dynamics” and “we must do everything possible so that Russia does not win this war “. At the same time, the main countries that provide military support to Ukraine in the war with Russia, including the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, as well as other EU and NATO countries that reacted to Macron’s statement, distanced themselves from his proposal. .and assured that they have no intention of sending combat units to the Ukrainian front.

Meanwhile, on the front line in eastern Ukraine, having captured the fortress city of Avdiyivka, the Russian army continues to push back Ukrainian troops, who are experiencing an ammunition crisis, weary from the two-year war and with ranks thinned by losses, which Zelenskyi said on Sunday that about 31,000 Ukrainians had died military, the first official death toll was provided by Kyiv, after which Moscow declared that “Zelensky is lying”. Unidentified US officials told the New York Times last August that around 70,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed and between 100,000 and 120,000 wounded at the time.

“We are dealing with a murderer. With Hitler number two”

The president of Ukraine insisted on Wednesday that his army has no time to lose in the face of Russia’s offensive, it cannot afford a “pause” because Russia “will not stop.” “We have no time and no alternatives. We are dealing with a murderer. With Hitler number two. Our initiative is to triumph over Putin,” Volodymyr Zelenskyi also noted.

He is intensively looking for a solution to the supply of munitions, as the Western powers are still not keeping up with the needs of the Ukrainian army, especially for the supply of shells, and American aid is still blocked in Congress in Washington.

Zelensky complained that of the one million 155-mm projectiles promised by the EU to his country a year ago, only about 300,000 were actually delivered. The Czech Republic recently announced that it has identified sources for the rapid acquisition in third countries of approximately 500,000 155 mm shells and approximately 300,000 122 mm shells, but EU countries still need funding for these purchases, which is currently under discussion.

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