Volodimir Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine has requested that Western nations send over military gear that has been ‘gathering dust’ in stockpiles, claiming that NATO countries are unable to help Ukraine with jets and tanks due to Russian intimidation.
Ever since the war between Russia and Ukraine started on February 24, NATO countries have provided Ukraine with anti-tank and anti-craft missiles, as well as small firearms and protective equipment, but no heavier armour such as tanks or fighter planes.
Zelenskyy claimed that the West withheld supplies because it was afraid of Russia and that Moscow is in charge of NATO.
On Saturday, March 26, Zelenskyy said in a late-night address, “We need more ammunition. We’ve already been waiting 31 days. What is NATO doing?
“Who is in charge of the Euro-Atlantic community? Is it really still Moscow, because of intimidation? We are only asking for one percent of what NATO has, nothing more.”
As regular artillery barrages and aerial strikes reduce communities to rubble, murdering residents and sending others into hiding, Zelenskyy fiercely warned Moscow that it is creating deep hatred for Russia among his people.
Zelenskyy said, “You are doing everything so that our people themselves leave the Russian language because the Russian language will now be associated only with you, with your explosions and murders, your crimes.”
His statement came after a nuclear research facility near the Russian border in the encircled city of Kharkiv was attacked on Saturday.