"American children will fight" - Zelenskyy explains why the US should provide additional assistance to Ukraine

"American children will fight" - Zelenskyy explains why the US should provide additional assistance to Ukraine

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Zelenskiy warns that without sufficient assistance to Ukraine, Russia could target NATO countries, leading to US intervention in the conflict. His comments come amid growing reluctance among Republicans to provide additional support.

If Ukraine does not manage to survive the war with Russia due to lack of assistance, then Russia will most likely invade NATO countries and and then the United States will have to fight. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy  in an exclusive interview on Thursday to the Associated Press in Kharkiv region, according to UNN

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The Associated Press notes that more and more Republicans do not support the idea of providing additional aid to Ukraine, and it is unclear whether Congress will approve the White House's request for support and when.

When asked about this, Zelenskiy bluntly that "the choice of the Americans is the choice of the Americans."

However, he noted that by helping Ukraine, Americans are helping themselves.

In the case of Ukraine, if today it is not fails today due to lack of assistance, lack of weapons and funding, it will mean that Russia will mean that Russia will most likely invade NATO countries. And then American children will fight

- he said.

Moving on to the upcoming presidential and congressional campaigns and congressional campaigns, where Biden will face skepticism over his his strong support for Kyiv, Zelenskyy acknowledged that "elections are always a shock, and this is absolutely understandable."

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