Trump Backs Ukraine's Strikes On Targets Inside Russia Zelensky

(MENAFN- UkrinForm) He stated this in an interview with Axios , Ukrinform reports.

Zelensky said that during his meeting with Trump on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly, he made one specific request - for a new weapons system that, in his opinion, would force Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table.

"President Trump knows, I [told] him yesterday what we need, one thing. We need it, but it doesn't mean that we will use it. Because if we'll have it, I think it's additional pressure on Putin to sit and speak," he said.

Zelensky said he would name the system once the cameras were off, adding that Trump told him: "We will work on it."

Zelensky said Ukraine would not bomb civilians because "we are not terrorists." But he suggested the centers of Russian power, like the Kremlin, were very much on the table.

"They have to know where the bomb shelters are," Zelensky said of Kremlin officials. "They need it. If they will not stop the war, they will need it in any case."

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"They have to know that we in Ukraine, each day, we will answer. If they attack us, we will answer them."

Zelensky said that during their meeting the day before, Trump brought up the fact that Ukraine should answer Russian strikes tit for tat.

"If they attack our energy, President Trump supports that we can answer on energy," Zelensky said.

Trump said the same about drone factories or missile sites, though those are well defended, Zelensky said. He noted that Ukraine already has drones that can strike deep inside Russia, but he also said there was an additional weapons system he wanted that would hasten the end of the war.

On Tuesday, September 23, after his meeting with Zelensky, President Trump said that given Russia's situation, Ukraine is capable of regaining all territories seized by the aggressor state.

For his part, Zelensky said he received a very positive signal that Trump and the United States will support Ukraine until the war is over.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

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