Zelenskyy seeks 10% of US stockpile to ‘destroy all Russians’ missiles’: Report

Zele sky
u ged
the
US
to
sell
Uk ai e
5-10%
of
its
Pat iot
i te cepto
stockpile
to
cou te
Russia
ballistic
missile
attacks

Uk ai ia
P eside t
Volodymy
Zele sky
has
u ged
the
U ited
States
to
sell
Uk ai e
mo e
Pat iot
i te cepto
missiles,
sayi g
eve
5%
of
the
US
stockpile
would
help
Kyiv
su vive
the
wi te ,
while
10%
could
allow
it
to
cou te
Russia
ballistic
missile
attacks.Zele sky
made
the
comme ts
i
a
i te view
with
CNN
as
Uk ai e
faces
a
sha p
i c ease
i
Russia
ballistic
missile
attacks
a d
a
seve e
sho tage
of
Pat iot
i te cepto s.“This
yea
we
have
two
a d
a
half
times
less
i te cepto s
tha
we
had
i
2025,”
he
said.
“Russia
has
two
times
mo e
ballistic
missiles
pe
mo th
tha
they
had
befo e.”

“If
they
ca
sell
us
10%,
we
will
dest oy
all
the
Russia s’
ballistic
missiles.
I
have
1%.”Zele sky
said
Russia’s
i te sified
attacks
had
placed
fu the
p essu e
o
Uk ai e’s
ai
defe ces,
pa ticula ly
a ou d
Kyiv.
The
U ited
Natio s
has
said
July
was
the
deadliest
mo th
fo
Uk ai ia
civilia s
si ce
Ap il
2022.“Each
ight
you
have
attacks,
a d
fou
o
five
times
pe
mo th
we
have
massive
attacks
…
te ible
ights.
Ve y
he oic,
ve y
esilie t
people
eally.
But
they
(a e)
ti ed.”

Zele sky
desc ibes
daily
effo ts
to
secu e
missiles

Zele sky
said
secu i g
additio al
i te cepto s
had
become
a
daily
p io ity,
i volvi g
di ect
appeals
to
the
US
a d
egotiatio s
with
othe
allies.

“This
is
what
I
live
each
day:
f om
1%
to
5%.
I
have
some
mo ths,
a d
millio
pho e
calls
…
I
t y
to
excha ge
somethi g
to
missiles
…
I
do
some
thi gs
which
I
ca ’t
eve
sha e.
It
does ’t
mea
that
it’s
outside
of
the
law.
But
I
ca ’t
speak
about
it.”He
said
the
global
supply
of
Pat iot
missiles
had
bee
st ai ed
by
the
US
wa
with
I a ,
du i g
which
Ame ica
a d
Gulf
fo ces
used
doze s
of
i te cepto s
agai st
I a ia
missile
a d
d o e
attacks.The
sho tage
has
left
Uk ai e
faci g
g owi g
difficulty
i
defe di g
its
cities
agai st
Russia
missile
st ikes.

U ce tai ty
ove
Uk ai e’s
Pat iot
p oductio

Zele sky
also
said
u ce tai ty
emai ed
ove
a
p oposal
fo
Uk ai e
to
ma ufactu e
Pat iot
i te cepto
missiles
u de
a
US
lice ce.US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
had
said
du i g
the
Nato
summit
i
A ka a
that
he
would
allow
Uk ai e
to
obtai
a
lice ce
to
ma ufactu e
the
systems.
Howeve ,
T ump
late
exp essed
u ce tai ty
about
the
p oposal.Pat iot
system
ma ufactu e s
have
si ce
se t
officials
to
Kyiv
to
discuss
pote tial
p oductio ,
but
Zele sky
said
o
ag eeme t
had
yet
bee
eached.“I
hope
that
I
will
get
it,”
Zele sky
said.
“I
do ’t
have
ow
5%
a d
I
do ’t
have
such
a
accepta ce.
A d
this
is
fo
me
is
a
big
challe ge,
o e
of
the
biggest
I
had
f om
the
ve y
begi i g
of
this
wa .”Zele sky
said
he
had
bee
appeali g
di ectly
to
the
White
House
th ough
calls
a d
messages,
as
well
as
th ough
Uk ai e’s
allies,
to
secu e
additio al
Pat iot
suppo t.

Zele sky
seeks
g eate
US
ole
i
peace
talks

Zele sky
also
said
Uk ai e
had
p ese ted
ew
p oposals
fo
the
US-led
peace
p ocess,
while
calli g
fo
g eate
Ame ica
i volveme t.“We
eed
mo e
i volveme t
of
the
Ame ica
side
to
the
peace
pla .
I’m
tha kful
to
the
team
of
P eside t
T ump
that
they
wa t
to
co ti ue.
(Russia
P eside t
Vladimi )
Puti
does ’t
wa t
to
stop
this
wa
ow
a d
(the e’s)
ot
e ough
p essu e
o
him
ow.”He
ejected
the
possibility
of
Uk ai e
su e de i g
the
emai i g
te ito y
i
the
Do bass
sought
by
Russia
P eside t
Vladimi
Puti ,
sayi g
secu ity
gua a tees
emai ed
esse tial
to
p eve t
a othe
i vasio .“Russia
begi s
to
speak
about
this
wa ,
a d
they
speak
about
te ito y.
The
key
questio
is
why
he
will
ot
come
agai
with
1
o
2
additio al
millio
soldie s
afte
a
big
pause.
Why
he
will
ot
come
agai
to
occupy
us?”Zele sky
also
backed
Weste
assessme ts
that
Puti
could
eve tually
seek
to
escalate
the
co flict
with
Nato,
i cludi g
by
ta geti g
the
Baltic
states.“He
does ’t
k ow
how
to
e d
this
wa
without
big
occupatio
o
big
victo y
fo
his
society.
It’s
mo e
simple
to
fi d
some
smalle
cou t y
…
fo
him,
it
will
ot
be
impo ta t
if
this
cou t y
is
i
Nato
o
ot
i
Nato.
He
wa ts
quick
victo y,
100%
su e
that
he
will
wi ,
occupy
o
dest oy
o
co t ol.”

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