Zelenskyy: ‘This Is Not 2022 Anymore, Our Resilience Is Stronger Now & We Have the Means to Defend Ourselves’

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ZELENSKYY: “Dear Ukrainians, today, many people have the same question: what will happen next with U.S. assistance? I have instructed Ukraine’s minister of Defense, the heads of our intelligence agencies, and our diplomats to contact their counterparts in the United States and obtain official information. People should not have to guess. Ukraine and America deserve a respectful dialogue and a clear position from one another. Especially when it comes to protecting lives during a full-scale war. Of course, in Ukraine, we have been receiving various signals for weeks now, and there has already been a precedent for aid being halted. There was a suspension of humanitarian aid, of energy aid. There was also a halt in military aid -- at the end of January, but at that time, everything was quickly resumed. We saw the risks. Therefore, our agencies -- both military and special services -- managed to develop action algorithms for any developments in the situation. This is not 2022 anymore. Our resilience is stronger now. We have the means to defend ourselves. But for us, maintaining normal, partnership-based relations with America is essential to bringing the war to a real end. None of us wants an endless war.”