In the interview, Ukraine's Zelensky challenges the West for hesitations
As his army struggles to repel Russia's ferocious advance across the front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the United States and Europe to do more to defend his nation, dismissing fears of nuclear escalation and proposing that NATO planes shoot down Russian missiles in Ukraine. airspace.Zelensky said he also appealed to senior U.S. officials to allow Ukraine to fire American missiles and other weapons at military targets inside Russia — a tactic the United States continues to oppose. The failure to do so, he insisted, has given Russia a "huge advantage" in the cross-border war that it is exploiting with attacks in northeastern Ukraine.His comments, made Monday in an interview with the New York Times in central Kiev, were among the most forceful calls yet to the Unit...