Zelenskyy: Tens of thousands of lives will be lost if Ukraine is denied permission to use western weapons deep inside Russia
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pleading with allies for months to let Ukraine fire western missiles including long-range US Atacms and British Storm Shadows into Russia to limit Moscow’s ability to launch attacks. He is expected to reiterate these pleas during his diplomatic visit to the US this week, when he will meet Joe Biden.
The Ukrainian president is asked by Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts what would happen if he is denied permission to use the western weapons to strike deep inside Russia.
Zelenskyy replied:
Putin will continue to destroy us, to kill people, to kill children, absolutely. He will act in this way. We will lose thousands of schools and tens of thousands of lives. That is what will be happening.
He thanked the American people for all their help and support so far and said “we are…