During an emotional news conference, he said he thinks Russia could use a nuclear weapon, but he doesn’t want to believe it will. According to him, it is absolutely vital for Ukraine to obtain more weapons.
“As soon as we have (more weapons), as soon as there are enough, believe me, we will immediately retake this or that territory, which is temporarily occupied,” he told reporters.
During the press conference held in the kyiv metro, he announced the imminent arrival of the United States Secretaries of State and Defense, Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin, respectively, for talks on Sunday.
“Tomorrow we will discuss this exact list of weapons that are essential to us and the pace of deliveries,” he said. “We expect this. We would like to have (…) powerful heavy weapons.”
At one point, he fought back tears saying he shared the pain of all Ukrainians who had lost children in the war and that Saturday’s missile strikes killed eight people in the city of Odessa, including a three-month-old boy.
He said that Saturday was one of the most difficult days for the Ukrainian forces besieged in Mariupol and that kyiv offered Moscow all kinds of possible exchange agreements to guarantee their release.