Key points from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s interview with the FT
Key theses of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy from an interview with the British newspaper Financial Times:
▫️Ukrainian soldiers stopped the russian army on land, and with the help of naval drones, they pushed the russian fleet out of most of the Black Sea. The new and main theater of operations is becoming airspace.
▫️A decisive confrontation in the sky will bring success provided that international partners continue to support Ukraine financially, soldiers will hold the front, and each kilometer of advance will cost the russian occupiers tens or hundreds of thousands of lives of personnel.
▫️Ukraine calls on partners to help with its own production of anti-ballistic missiles. Ukraine received positive signals from the US at the G7 summit and will continue to raise this issue at the NATO summit.
▫️The strikes on logistics on the Ukrainian territorial waters showed Ukraine’s ability to operationally control the sky at a specific time. These strikes help stop the militarization of the occupied territories.
▫️US President Donald Trump has praised Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign.
▫️Ukrainian strikes target port infrastructure because it generates revenue for russia, which is then used to fund war and weapons production.
▫️Large-scale and sustained drone attacks on moscow and st. petersburg, coupled with deepening economic problems, will eventually force vladimir putin to change his war plans.
