Volodymyr Zelensky: "“Why he will not come again with 1 or 2 additional million soldiers after a…"

Volodymyr Zelensky has pressed Washington to supply additional Patriot interceptor missiles, saying his country currently has only one percent of the air-defense ammunition it needs. A five percent slice of US reserves, he contends, would let Ukraine get through winter, and ten percent would enable it to remove all Russian ballistic missiles from the battlefield. Moscow has dramatically stepped up missile barrages, and the UN says July saw the worst civilian casualties since April 2022. With heating season approaching and infrastructure strikes likely, pressure on Ukrainian defenses is mounting. Zelensky also urged more active American participation in peace negotiations, insisting that a truce lacking binding security arrangements would merely give Russia time to rearm and strike again. He confirmed a recent telephone conversation with Vice President JD Vance but offered no details.