Russia has no right to dictate how Ukraine defends itself or how large its army should be
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia cannot dictate conditions regarding the number of Ukrainian troops.
He said this at a briefing following the summit of the "coalition of the willing," Censor.NET reports.
"Russia cannot dictate the rules for the defense of Ukraine, the number of troops. The entire coalition ("coalition of the willing" - ed.) that met today all agree that Ukraine must maintain a strong army to counter the Russian invasion. So it's important that the U.S. has the same attitude. Of course, the United States is important, and the decisions that America can demonstrate today can really affect the end of the war," the president said.
According to him, Putin wants to divide Europe and America, and the entire Kremlin machine has been working on this for years.
"We want the US to be stronger. I would agree with Macron that we all need America to be stronger in relation to Russia. We really want the US president to be stronger against Putin. And this is important to us," Zelenskyy said.
The President of Ukraine added that this requires working with the White House, in particular, at the level of leaders, official and other formats of diplomacy.
