Key points of Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the press briefing in Brussels
Key points of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the press briefing in Brussels:
▫ Since 2022, russia has killed 135 media representatives just because they covered the truth about what is happening in Ukraine.
▫ Today there is a strong result — the 19th EU sanctions package against the russian federation. Ukraine is also grateful to the USA for yesterday’s sanctions package and to US President Donald Trump for the energy package.
▫ The EU will support Ukraine financially in 2026 and 2027.
▫ russia brought war to the land of Ukraine, and it must pay for it. Pressure must be applied on the russian federation. russians are afraid that Europe will decide to use frozen assets.
▫ Ukraine has never used long-range American weapons for very important targets on russian territory.
▫ Ukraine is capable of striking up to 3000 km deep into russian territory with its own weapons.
▫ We must use any russian money for Ukrainian production — drones, electronic warfare, missiles. And we will increase production if there is funding.
▫ The capacity of the Ukrainian defense industry is 35 billion dollars per year. Ukraine has not yet fully unlocked this potential.
▫ We have developed infrastructure in Europe for the production of 155-mm ammunition.
▫ First, a ceasefire. If russia is ready to talk, Ukraine is also ready to talk.
▫ This is not an exchange where you trade “nothing” for your territory. This is just someone’s wish. Any “territorial exchange” is unacceptable.
▫ Yesterday russians struck a kindergarten. The “second army in the world” is fighting against Ukrainian children. This does not show that Russians want to end the war.
