Disputes in Congress keep Ukraine forces from the battlefield unless the U.S. pledges military aid ‘In short range’ must retreat. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview published on Friday (March 29). British news agency Reuters reported this news.
Zelensky told the Washington Post, “Without US support, we have no air defenses, no Patriot missiles, no jammers for electronic warfare.” Even, there is no 155mm ammunition.’
He said, ‘This means we will retreat. Step by step, small steps. But we are trying to find some way so that we don’t have to retreat.’
Zelensky also said in the interview that the shortage of munitions on the battlefield means that ‘you have to operate with less equipment. If you ask how? By going back, of course. The army should be reduced to the front of the battlefield. And if this line is broken, the Russian troops will enter the big city.’
Democratic President Joe Biden urged the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives to approve the military and financial aid package. But House Speaker Mike Johnson has put it on hold for months, citing national priorities.
Zelensky told Johnson during a telephone conversation Thursday that it was imperative to approve the package.
Russian forces captured the eastern town of Avdivka last month. The force made little progress thereafter. But little has changed on the battlefield front in the past few months.
In the interview, the Ukrainian president said, Ukraine is making up for the lack of missiles through domestic weapons and air defense systems. But ‘it’s not enough.’
The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for more than two years. Meanwhile, the country has stepped up attacks on Ukraine’s electricity and other infrastructure in recent weeks.
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