KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he had asked Donald Trump last year to supply his country with long-range weapons if Russia continued rejecting a ceasefire in its war on Ukraine.
Zelenskiy was referring to his “victory plan” that he presented last year to top officials from the administration of then-President Joe Biden, as well as to Trump, who was then running for office.
He made the remark during a joint briefing in Kyiv with Finnish President Alexander Stubb. (This story has been corrected to clarify that Zelenskiy asked Trump for long-range weapons last year, in the headline and in paragraphs 1, 2)
(Reporting by Max Hunder and Yuliia Dysa; Writing by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Sharon Singleton)
