在对北约峰会的视频演讲中,乌克兰总统没有继续要求设置禁飞区,希望北约给乌克兰1%的飞机和坦克。
北约领导不可能为乌克兰提供:
飞机,坦克
虽然美国已经禁止从俄国进口能源产品,但是欧洲更加依赖,并未完全切断俄国的能源供应。
美国仍然否认会向乌克兰提供战斗机。
今天泽连斯基再次对G7峰会视频演讲。
1 hr 42 min ago
Ukraine's president to NATO: Give us just 1% of what you have
From CNN's Andrew Carey and Yulia Kesaieva in Lviv
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses via video link a meeting of the Extraordinary Summit of NATO Heads of State and Government held in Brussels, Belgium, on March 24. (NATO Pool/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told the NATO leaders
meeting in Brussels that Ukraine needs just a fraction of the alliance’s combined firepower.
“You can
give us 1% of all your planes. One percent of all your tanks. One percent!” he said in an address on Facebook.
“You have thousands of fighter jets, but we have not been given one yet … we turned [to you] for tanks so that we can unblock our cities … you have at least 20,000 tanks … but we do not have a clear answer yet,” Zelensky said.
He appealed to leaders to make the necessary decisions to make it happen.
“We can't just buy [these items]. Such a supply depends directly on NATO's decisions, on political decisions,” Zelensky said.
He also said NATO leaders should acknowledge what Ukraine’s armed forces have demonstrated in the war against Russia.
“Please, never tell us again that our army does not meet NATO standards. We have shown what standards we can reach. And we have shown how much we can give to the common security of Europe and the world," Zelensky said.
1 hr 44 min ago
US still opposes providing fighter jets to Ukraine, official says
From CNN's Kaitlan Collins
The United States is still opposed to providing fighter jets to Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made another appeal to NATO leaders on Thursday.
A senior US official tells CNN the US position has not changed on the matter.
During a video address on Thursday, Zelensky asked NATO for "one percent of all your planes," later adding, "you have thousands of fighter jets, but we have not been given one yet."
Previously, US officials said they opposed providing fighter jets to Ukraine because it could be viewed by Russian President Vladimir Putin as an escalatory step.
What leaders won't do:
- As the snap NATO summit got underway, leaders heard a call for more help from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who addressed the gathering virtually. He stopped short of issuing his usual request for a no-fly zone. But he did say Ukraine needs fighter jets, tanks and better air defenses.
- Western leaders would not implement a no-fly zone even if Zelensky reiterated calls for it. US and NATO officials have repeatedly said that it would risk provoking Russian President Vladimir Putin and sparking a wider war with Russia. Western allies have also found it difficult to take more aggressive steps, such as providing Russian-made fighter jets to Ukraine or deciding to cut themselves off from Russian energy supplies, which could potentially cripple Russia's economy.
- European leaders have also outlined their own limitations in punishing Russia. While the US has imposed a ban on imports of Russian energy products, Europe remains far more dependent and has stopped short of cutting itself off completely.