The Ukrainian president also revealed that the army had asked him to mobilize at least 450,000 additional people, but says he has not decided.
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Reinforcement at a time when kyiv is worried about an erosion of Western aid. Ukraine will receive new American Patriot air defense systems, valuable for countering attacks from Russia, assured Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, December 19. “I won’t give the number, but several Patriot systems will be sent to Ukraine to protect our country during the winter”declared the Ukrainian president during his major end-of-year press conference in kyiv.
After almost two years of Russian invasion, Volodymyr Zelensky also estimated that “person” cannot determine with certainty when the war with Russia will end. “I think no one knows the answer, even respected people, our Western commanders or partners, who say the war will last for years. They don’t know,” he said.
The Ukrainian army, which is struggling to find volunteers, has for its part proposed to mobilize “450 000 at 500 000 people” to continue fighting, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president has not yet made a decision on this subject, believing he needs “more arguments supporting this idea”because it is a “very important figure”.
