Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine does not need foreign military. He spoke about this in an interview with RBC Ukraine.
Italian and Ukrainian military . Photo: US Department of Defense Visual Information Service
The Ukrainian leader believes that this will lead to a destabilization of the situation. «We don't want to give Russia another reason to say that we have bases here and that they need to 'defend' themselves,» the president said.
He also added that Kiev is grateful to Western partners for their support, and recalled that it mainly consisted in the supply of weapons.
“We don’t want to be in the role of a country that lives in the illusion that everyone will die for it, and when aggression starts, we will not be ready,” the president added.
This week, Ukraine requested military equipment and equipment from NATO in case of «large-scale emergencies of various nature that may affect the civilian population.» There are 78 items on the list in total.