NATO Summit | Kyiv mayor calls for more weapons for Ukraine

(Madrid) The mayor of Kyiv, present in Madrid for the NATO summit, on Tuesday called on the countries of the Atlantic Alliance to “accelerate” arms deliveries to Ukraine, deeming this support necessary for the “ return” of “peace” to Europe.

Posted at 2:07 p.m.

“We expect” from the NATO summit that it will “accelerate” the delivery of arms to the Ukrainian army, said Vitali Klitschko, questioned by journalists on his expectations vis-à-vis this summit .

“We need anti-rocket systems. We see that every day Russian rockets are destroying our cities, killing civilians, destroying infrastructure,” continued the former boxer, alongside his twin brother, Volodymyr Klitschko.

“Support for Ukraine is the key for peace” to be “back in Europe”, continued the mayor of Kyiv, assuring that the invasion of his country by Russia was not “a war against the Ukrainian army”, but “against the population” itself.

“We must isolate Russia,” pleaded his brother Volodymyr, condemning Monday’s attack on a shopping center in Kremenchuk, 330 kilometers southeast of Kyiv, which left at least 18 dead and around 40 missing. .

“The world must learn to act quickly”: “we must stop Putin’s army in Ukraine now”, and “whatever it costs” in “troops, defensive weapons and offensive weapons”, insisted the former boxing champion.

About forty heads of state and government are present at the Madrid summit, which must act to strengthen NATO on its eastern flank in the face of the Russian threat. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will speak by videoconference on Wednesday at this summit.


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