The head of state said he was ready to count the torn off arms and legs of people killed by airstrikes in order to «get through& #187; to the Alliance in closing the skies over our country.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during a press conference spoke about airstrikes inflicted by Russian invaders on Kiev and other cities of Ukraine. In this context, the leader of the state emotionally commented on the position of the United States and NATO regarding the closure of airspace over Ukraine, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Focus.
The President noted that bombers and missiles are flying towards Ukrainian cities as from the territory of Russia and from the territory of Belarus. Therefore, Ukraine wants to introduce «closing the sky», because from the air «they specifically kill» Ukrainian citizens.
«If you cannot close the sky now, then give a deadline when. If you cannot do it now, tell me how many people should explode, how many arms, legs, heads should fly off to reach you? Tell me how much, I’ll go and count and we’ll wait for that moment,” Zelensky said.
The head of state added that if the West refuses to close the airspace over Ukraine, then it can provide combat aircraft to the country.
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«If you can't close the sky, then give me planes. Isn't that fair? Tell! Are they very expensive, are they more precious than human life? Okay, we found planes from the Soviet Union. Can we get such planes?» Zelensky asked.
The Americans replied to the Ukrainian side that the introduction of an unmanned zone in the sky over Ukraine is «not the best idea», since this would mean the US entering into a direct military conflict with Russia.< /p>
«It would basically mean that the US military would shoot down planes, Russian planes… This is definitely an escalation. The president doesn't want to do that,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.