Under these pressures, Zelensky is setting a six-month timeline to get as many heavy weapons to the country as possible and push back Russian forces battling low morale and exhausted manpower.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thrown down the gauntlet for the U.S. and allies to help Kyiv bring an end to Russia’s war by December
The imperative is to stop the bloodshed – Ukrainian forces are suffering as many as 200 casualties per day and Russian artillery has killed dozens of civilians in recent attacks, with hundreds more injured.
But Zelensky is also under pressure to keep the focus and support of the U.S. and Europe — allies that are being pulled away by domestic crises including worsening inflation, exorbitant energy prices and fears of a global recession.
Shifting political dynamics are also playing into Zelensky’s calculus.
Boris Johnson has promised the strong support of the United Kingdom despite his recent resignation as prime minister. In Italy, pro-European Prime Minister Mario Draghi is under attack over a debt crisis in the country.
And in the U.S., Republicans are set to make gains in the November midterms, potentially strengthening a small but provocative group of GOP lawmakers that criticize America’s support for Ukraine.
Under these pressures, Zelensky is setting a six-month timeline to get as many heavy weapons to the country as possible and push back Russian forces battling low morale and exhausted manpower.
“We can achieve a lot of things before the end of the year and we can stop this war,”
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