Ukraine's wartime navy prices have amounted to $320 billion, with the U.S. and the EU offering $200 billion of that sum in protection help, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on Feb. 19.
"We, the folks of Ukraine, (coated) $120 billion, the U.S. and the EU — $200 billion. We’re speaking about arms, this can be a weapons bundle value $320 billion," Zelensky stated throughout a press convention in Kyiv.
The feedback got here following U.S. President Donald Trump's declare that Kyiv has "primarily" agreed to a deal on $500 billion in Ukraine's pure sources in trade for Washington's help.
Trump has additionally repeatedly made unsubstantiated and contradicting claims in regards to the worth of help the U.S. has offered to Ukraine since 2022, most lately placing the determine at $350 billion.
"In complete, the U.S. individually gave us about $67 billion in weapons, and we obtained $31.5 billion in price range help," Zelensky stated, including that Ukraine is grateful for the offered help.
"However one can not rely as much as $500 billion and say, 'give us again $500 billion in minerals,' that's not a critical dialogue."
Zelensky reiterated that Ukraine is able to talk about the U.S.-proposed deal on pure sources so long as Kyiv supplies safety ensures.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent delivered a draft of the settlement to Zelensky on Feb. 12, however Ukraine refused to signal except the doc included clear safety commitments.
The Kyiv IndependentMartin Fornusek
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