‘Will reclaim our land Crimea too,’ says Zelenskyy as he appeals for more weapons at Davos

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday mentioned that his nation was wanting at reclaiming Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. File Photo.

Davos: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday mentioned that his nation was wanting at reclaiming Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, as he referred to as on his Western allies to supply Ukraine with more weapons.

“Our objective is to liberate all of our territories,” he informed an viewers in Davos, talking in Ukrainian. “Crimea is our land, our territory, our sea, and our mountains. Give us your weapons and we will bring our land back.”

Zelenskyy additionally expressed his gratitude to international locations just like the United Kingdom, France and Poland for offering in depth army reinforcements to deal with the renewed Russian onslaught on Ukrainian cities.

“I would like to thank again our partners,” Zelenskyy informed a panel together with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and former British prime minister Boris Johnson on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum being held in Davos.

“But at the same time, there are times when we shouldn’t hesitate and say: ‘I will give tanks if someone else shares their tanks.’ I don’t think this is the right strategy to go with,” he elaborated in a veiled reference to his negotiations with Germany which has been delaying sending tanks to the war-hit nation and insisting that it could present tanks solely as a part of a world coalition of tank help.

Zelenskyy has been pleading for Germany for a while now to ship Leopard 2 battle tanks. But, up to now, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has resisted, saying he wanted to be in sync with NATO allies, specifically the United States.

German media retailers together with Süddeutsche Zeitung reported on Wednesday night time that Scholz was now prepared to supply the Leopards as lengthy as Washington offers comparable tanks.

“We need all the strength there is out there,” Zelenskyy informed the panel by video hyperlink from Kyiv.

When requested whether or not he aimed to reclaim the Crimean Peninsula from Russia, he replied: “Give us your weapons and we will bring our land back.”

“Give them the tanks. There is absolutely nothing to be lost,” Johnson mentioned, a place echoed by fellow panelist Chrystia Freeland, the deputy prime minister of Canada.

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