Zelenskiy says nothing will weaken Kyivs resolve against Russia

Published October 01,2023

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned in a speech launched on Sunday that nothing would weaken his nation’s combat towards Russia, a day after the U.S. Congress handed a stopgap funding invoice that omitted assist to Ukraine.

Defense Minister Rustem Umerov mentioned individually he had acquired reassurances about additional army help in a phone name with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

“Secretary Austin assured me,” he wrote in a publish on X, the platform previously often known as Twitter, utilizing flags instead of nation names, that U.S. help to Ukraine “will continue” and that Ukrainian “warriors will continue to have a strong back-up on the battlefield.”

A Ukrainian overseas ministry spokesperson mentioned Kyiv was working with its American companions to make sure a brand new funds choice would come with funds for the nation, and that U.S. help was intact.

Zelenskiy, in a recorded speech marking the Defenders Day vacation, didn’t handle the vote in Congress instantly, however reiterated his willpower to combat to victory.

No one may “shut down” Ukraine’s stability, endurance, energy and braveness, he mentioned, echoing a Ukrainian verb typically used to confer with energy outages attributable to Russian assaults.

He added that Ukraine would solely cease resisting and combating on the day of victory. “As we draw closer to it every day, we say, ‘We will fight for as long as it takes.'”

U.S. President Joe Biden mentioned on Sunday that Republicans had pledged to offer Ukraine assist via a separate vote and U.S. help couldn’t be interrupted “under any circumstances.”

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko additionally sought to reassure Ukrainians about future U.S. help in feedback on Facebook, stressing that beforehand authorised funds could be unaffected.

“Support for Ukraine remains unwaveringly strong in the U.S. administration, in both parties and chambers of the U.S. Congress, and most importantly, among the American people,” he wrote.