if we were a NATO member, a war wouldn`t have started.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: “if we were a NATO member, a war wouldn`t have started.”
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Zelenskyy argues that NATO membership would have prevented the war with Russia.
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And then, after the so-called elections, he plans an additional rapid mobilization of several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year, plus just as many more next year.
This year I’m asking American partners to sell me 5%, 5%, of missiles what they have in their stocks. If they sell us 5% we will go through the winter and save people’s lives.
We believe it will not take place in the central cities. But I don't think they will be able to hide it very well.
I will explain to you how it works. So this year we have two and a half times less interceptors than we had in 2025 first. Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before.





