Zelensky to Bloomberg: US steps look like an attempt to push Ukraine into capitulation, deliveries of Patriot missiles are being delayed
Place: KyivRegion: Ukraine-wide and the front lineautomatic summary
Where the versions diverge
Russian sources in the sample have not yet covered the interview. Ukrainian media and DW convey it in the same way; DW details the "diesel for Patriots" offer, Ukrainian outlets the data on missile deliveries under the PURL programme. The US side denies accusations of deliberately restricting Starlink.
What Russia reports
no reports found
What Ukraine reports
automatic summary Zelensky told Bloomberg that steps had been taken to push Ukraine into capitulation, although he does not claim this is his partners' goal. According to him, the US is delaying deliveries of Patriot interceptor missiles paid for by Ukraine under the PURL programme: only part has been approved, and "this is not a technical issue"; Ukraine now receives 12 missiles a month, about a quarter of the volume under Biden, and they are now sold rather than given for free. He also named the deliberate restriction of Starlink among such steps. Zelensky expects relations with the US to improve after the November 3 midterm elections and will probably meet Kushner and Witkoff again this week.
“Американська сторона схвалила постачання лише частини з них, а решти – ні. І це не технічне питання”
“наразі США постачають Україні лише 12 ракет-перехоплювачів для Patriot на місяць”
“Я вважаю, що були зроблені кроки, щоб переконати Україну капітулювати”
“Він також розповів, що на цьому тижні, найімовірніше, знову зустрінеться зі спецпосланцями Трампа Джаредом Кушнером і Стівом Віткоффом.”
- Зеленський: США схиляють Україну до капітуляції й затримують постачання ракет до Patriot — Ukrainska Pravda, 18 October, 22:50
- Дії США схожі на спробу змусити Україну здатися Росії, - Зеленський — RBC-Ukraine, 18 October, 22:34
What independent sources report
automatic summary DW quotes Zelensky on his "last offer" to the US: Ukraine does not strike diesel production in Russia and the US provides Patriot missiles, but Washington, he says, simply demands that the strikes stop and threatens to cut Ukraine off from something else. He called the period before the congressional elections "dangerous days" and said that Trump currently cannot make Putin stop the war. DW recalls that Rubio and Trump denied deliberately restricting Starlink.
“Мое последнее предложение было: мы не будем наносить удары по производству дизельного топлива в России”
“В настоящее время Трамп не может заставить Путина прекратить войну”
- Зеленский: Политика Трампа подталкивает Украину к капитуляции — DW (RU), 18 October, 22:54
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