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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the military has asked for an additional 450,000-500,000 people to be mobilized into the army as he remains confident in European support.
Mr Zelensky told a press conference that top military and government officials were due to discuss “this very sensitive issue of mobilisation” and that parliament would then consider it.
“Their view was... they proposed mobilising an additional 450,000-500,000 people. This is a very serious number,” Zelensky said on Tuesday.
“I said that I would need more arguments to support this move. Because first of all, its a question of people, secondly, it’s a question of fairness, it’s a question of defence capability, and its a question of finances.”
He added that conducting a mobilisation at such a scale would require additional an additional 500 billion hryvnias ($13.5 billion) in financing.
The claim comes as a part of Mr Zelensky’s end of year press conference in Kyiv. Other subjects addressed included the topic of wartime parliamentary elections and European financial support.
It comes as the British Ministry of Defence claimed that Russia has fired one of its prized hypersonic missiles in Ukraine for the first time in months,
Zelensky hopes for speedier prisoner exchanges with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a recent slowdown in prisoner swaps with Moscow was due to unspecified “reasons” on the Russian side, but expressed hope that the swaps could soon resume.
The two sides held a number of prisoner swaps from the early months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and into this year. But their intensity slowed in 2023 and the last one took place in early August.
“It has indeed slowed down due to the Russian Federation’s own reasons, but these are very specific reasons. The track will open,” Zelensky told a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday, without citing Russia’s reasons.
He added that Ukraine was currently working on the exchange of “a good enough number of our boys” and expressed hope the swap would be successful.
Sunak discusses Ukraine with new Polish PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday to congratulate him on his recent election win and discussed the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesperson said.
A No 10 spokesman, in a readout of the call, said on Tuesday: “The leaders discussed Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, noting that the UK and Poland are two of Ukraine‘s closest partners and defenders.
“They also welcomed the strong bilateral security, defence and industrial collaboration between the UK and Poland, agreeing to continue co-operation to safeguard our national and wider European security and prosperity.”
Zelensky working on relationship with army chief
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that he maintains a working relationship with the country’s top military commander Valery Zaluzhny.
He made the remark during a televised press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
His remarks come amid weeks of speculation about tensions between the two men after Kyiv’s vaunted counteroffensive failed to retake significant parts of Russian-occupied territory.
“Why should I help someone by developing this theme? I have a working relationship with Zaluzhny,” Zelensky said during a televised press conference in Kyiv.
He described the military operation as a “very complicated story” involving the collective input of Ukraine‘s military leadership.
Ukraine to produce one million drones next year
Ukraine will produce one million drones next year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday.
He made his remarks during his highly anticipated end of year press conference in Kyiv
Ukraine has been working to increase its domestic weapon production since the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Zelensky confident foreign aid will continue
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky he was certain that crucial US and European financial aid would continue.
Funding for Ukraine has been held up recently in both the US and European Union amid political tussles as Ukraine fends off a full-scale Russian invasion.
“We are working very hard on this, and I am certain the United States will not betray us,” Zelenskiy said during a televised press briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday
He also said he expected the European Union to approve a 50 billion euro aid package soon.
Elections cannot happen during the war - Zelensky says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that parliamentary elections could not be conducted during the war with Russia.
He made his remarks during his end of year press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
The idea of holding elections has been widely discussed in Ukraine despite them being prohibited under martial law. Zelensky has repeatedly said that holding elections could undermine unity and be easily exploited by Russia.
Meanwhile, Putin has announced he is running in Russia’s upcoming elections as an independent candidate in Spring next year.
Ukraine's military asks for additional 450,000-500,000 people to be mobilised
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that the military had asked for an additional 450,000-500,000 people to be mobilized into the army, but that a final decision had not been taken.
The Ukrainian leader told a news conference in Kyiv that top military and government officials were due to discuss “this very sensitive issue of mobilisation” and that parliament would then consider it.
Mr Zelensky said that conducting a mobilisation at such a scale would require additional financing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listens to a question from a journalist during a press conference in Kyiv
Watch Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s end of year press conference here
You can watch a livestream of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s end of year press conference below.
Zelensky begins his end of year press conference
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has begun his end of year press conference in Kyiv.
What are Killjoy hypersonic missiles and how powerful are Putin’s weapons?
After Russia fired its first hypersonic missile in months last week, according to the British Ministry of Defence, The Independent explains what the Killjoy missiles are and why they could prove lethal over the next few months.
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