Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News late Tuesday that Ukraine will lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, ends funding.
“It will be very dangerous if we lose unity in Europe, and what is most important is the unity between Ukraine and America,” the Ukrainian leader said.
US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to end America’s involvement in wars and instead use taxpayer money to improve the lives of Americans.
He has said he will end the Russia-Ukraine war within 24 hours, without saying how.
“If they cut, I think we’re going to lose,” Zielinski told Fox News.
“Of course we will live, we will fight, we have production but it is not enough to prevail and it thinks that it is not enough to survive.”
Asked if Trump would be able to influence Putin to end the war, Zelensky replied: “It won’t be easy but yes he can because he is stronger than Putin.”
“Putin is weak compared to America. The president of the United States has power, authority, and weapons, and he can drive down the price of energy resources.”
on Tuesday, Ukraine fired US-supplied long-range missiles into Russian territory. For the first time, a day after the US authorized their use.
A US defense official told the BBC that US President Joe Biden has also agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines.
But Zelensky said Ukraine was going through a “very difficult period” on the battlefield.
gave The Russian army is accelerating its gains on the front line.According to data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Its analysis found that Russian forces occupied six times more territory in 2024 than the previous year.
Based on verified social media footage and reports of troop movements, the ISW said Moscow’s forces had captured about 2,700 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory so far this year, compared to just 465 square kilometers in all of 2023. .
Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is failing as Russian troops push back Kiev’s offensive.
Zielinski also had harsh words for German Chancellor Olaf Schulz when he spoke to Putin on the phone last week.
He told Fox News it was a “Pandora’s box” because Putin’s isolation would increase pressure on him.
