The Ukrainian leader thanked Berlin and Washington for announcing the deployment of tanks. Now there are two keywords: the “speed” and the “volume” of weapons delivered to kyiv.
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It was a day of “very good news” for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on the day Germany and the United States pledged to send modern main battle tanks to equip kyiv’s troops. “We have to form an iron fist, a fist of freedom, whose blows prevent tyranny from rising again,” stressed the Ukrainian leader.
for Zelensky now there are two slogans: “speed” and “volume”. “[A chave] is the training speed of our army, the speed of supplying tanks to Ukraine and the volume of tanks [enviados]”, he said in his usual daily speech.
Zelensky thanked the allied countries for their readiness to provide modern tanks, which Ukraine “so needs.” This provision is, for the head of state, further proof that “freedom is getting stronger.” “The way we are working together to strengthen freedom, to defend Europe and Ukraine, is a historic achievement”remembered.
On Wednesday, Berlin and Washington officially announced the deployment of 14 Leopard-2 tanks and 31 M1 Abrams tanks, ending a weeks-long stalemate. Despite the news, Ukraine already has other goals in mind. Looking to the future, the head of state pointed out the next priorities: receiving long-range missiles and combat aircraft.
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“We have to unlock the delivery of long-range missiles to Ukraine, this is important. We must also expand our cooperation in artillery and [viabilizar] send fighter jets,” he said. These were some of the central topics of the conversation between the Ukrainian leader and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. “The more support our heroes receive on the world front, the sooner the Russian aggression will end”added.
Source: Observadora
