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Ukraine’s Defense Strategy: President Zelenskyy Highlights Key Security Blocks
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy outlined three key security guarantee blocks for Ukraine, focusing on the military, NATO, and sanctions against Russia during a media briefing on August 29, according to a Suspilne correspondent.
The first block addresses the military: maintaining the current number of troops and ensuring they are armed through Ukrainian, European, and American production.
“In my opinion, this block involves financing the current personnel that is defending our borders today. The ability to finance the army at this level. No one is asking for more, as no one will provide more. But we cannot say less because we are not going to conduct any experiments,” the President said.
Next, Zelenskyy emphasized the need for weapons for the army:
“There are three tracks that need to be supported and financed, and we need partners for this. The first track is domestic production: drones, technologies, etc. The second track is European production: air defense, artillery, etc. The third track is the PURL —American weapons,” Zelenskyy explained.
The second block concerns NATO, focusing on agreements with partners at the leadership level regarding their readiness to support Ukraine in the event of further aggression.
“We’ve always wanted NATO. NATO, let’s say, is not yet providing it. So, there’s ‘NATO-like.’ That’s why my approach to this is clear. If it’s not NATO, but they tell us it will be the strength of NATO, then in the second track, we need to understand what our partners are ready for because that is the alliance. So, I want to discuss this part with our partners next week in Europe,” the president said.
He added that consultations have already taken place with the general staffs, commanders, and national security advisors.
“In my opinion, we need to engage leaders immediately to reach an agreement and then move on to the military,” Zelenskyy noted.
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The third block concerns sanctions against Russia and the use of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
Zelenskyy also mentioned the geopolitical aspect, which is clearly tied to the EU:
“And when Ukraine becomes a full member, this too will be part of the security guarantees, particularly economic ones,” the President concluded.
Previously, it was reported that the European Commission is drafting a plan that could eventually ease the transfer of nearly €200 billion ($217 billion) in frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine’s reconstruction, Politico reported on August 29.
