Zelensky asks for $65 billion

"Ukraine needs to close a deficit of 40 billion per year. Ukrainian drone production today requires that we work normally, 25 billion per year. Missiles, drones, electronic warfare, this area - 25 billion. This is already 65, if we close all this," said President Volodymyr Zelensky.

He noted that he began working on this with the President of the European Council Antonio Costa, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Americans, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Interfax-Ukraine reports.

According to Zelensky, there is still a program for financing our army for the future.

"This is part of Ukraine's defense capability and part of the security of all of Europe. Previously, Europeans refused to give money for the salaries of our military, only for weapons. But it turns out that our military can be precisely this weapon that protects everyone," he explained.

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