Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Iran’s attack on Israel Saturday night is a “wake-up call” for Washington to get moving on supporting American allies.
“I hope that Iran’s attack on Israel will send a powerful message to Republicans, namely to Mr. Trump — you cannot wait aside any more and think that those are small separate regional conflicts happening somewhere in Europe, Middle East, Asia,” Omelyan said in an interview with POLITICO.
He was referring to a major American aid package that has been held up by partisan bickering in the U.S. Congress, as Western support for Ukraine in general has lost momentum in recent months.
Over the past month, Kyiv’s government has urged the U.S. and other Western partners to send more air defenses to Ukraine as Russia bombards the country with missiles and drones.
A wider conflict “could severely impact Ukraine’s interests,” Maksym Skrypchenko, president of the Ukrainian Transatlantic Dialogue Center think tank, told POLITICO in an interview.
Western reluctance to supply funding and weapons comes at a time when Moscow’s forces are making advances on the battlefield and Russian President Vladimir Putin, fresh from a distorted election victory, is leaping on every opportunity to intensify the Kremlin’s assault.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Iran’s attack on Israel Saturday night is a “wake-up call” for Washington to get moving on supporting American allies.
“I hope that Iran’s attack on Israel will send a powerful message to Republicans, namely to Mr. Trump — you cannot wait aside any more and think that those are small separate regional conflicts happening somewhere in Europe, Middle East, Asia,” Omelyan said in an interview with POLITICO.
He was referring to a major American aid package that has been held up by partisan bickering in the U.S. Congress, as Western support for Ukraine in general has lost momentum in recent months.
Over the past month, Kyiv’s government has urged the U.S. and other Western partners to send more air defenses to Ukraine as Russia bombards the country with missiles and drones.
A wider conflict “could severely impact Ukraine’s interests,” Maksym Skrypchenko, president of the Ukrainian Transatlantic Dialogue Center think tank, told POLITICO in an interview.
Western reluctance to supply funding and weapons comes at a time when Moscow’s forces are making advances on the battlefield and Russian President Vladimir Putin, fresh from a distorted election victory, is leaping on every opportunity to intensify the Kremlin’s assault.
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