“As long as Ukraine waits, its children will not die here”

«Your children will not die in Ukraine“Zelensky responded bluntly. Although the president said there was no need to send foreign troops at this time, he asked for “technical personnel” to “co-produce” French Caesar artillery or German Panther tanks.

Macron's comments, which were cited as requiring “strategic ambiguity” to avoid providing more details, sparked fierce controversy among Kyiv's European allies.

“I think it's linked to Putin saying (Macron) can't rule out anything. As long as Ukraine is waiting, the French army can remain on French territory.”Zelensky pointed out in relation to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“But if Putin manages to attack another NATO country, NATO countries will have to decide how and to what extent they will or will not deploy their forces,” he added.

This Monday, Zelensky said in interviews with French network BFM TV and newspaper Le Monde that “Russian progress has stopped.”

“Our command, our army has stopped the Russian advance in eastern Ukraine,” he said, according to a translation by a BFM TV interpreter.

“I can provide you with this new information: The situation is now much better than last three months.“Zelensky promised.

Fury with the Pope

The reports come after the Ukrainian president expressed his anger at statements by Pope Francis, who in an interview aired over the weekend urged the conflicting parties to negotiate “before things get worse”.

The pontiff assured Swiss television RTS that he believed “those who see the situation, who think about the people, who have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate are strong.”

Zelensky responded this Sunday that his country “Never” raise the white flag against RussiaAnd this Monday the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited the representative of the Vatican, Nuncio Visvaldas Kulbokas, to protest against the Argentine Pope's statements.

More than a thousand kilometers of forts

Ukrainian president also said that Ukraine is building fortresses “Over 1,000 Kilometers” on the front.

“When we talk about fortifications, we're talking about a continuous process,” he pointed out. “We are not talking about a few kilometers or hundreds of kilometers, but more than 1,000 km of construction.”

“This is a very complex task. “They have to be solid and resistant to climate changes, (…) but also resistant to any military equipment used against these defensive lines,” said Zelensky.

White House Earrings

However, the outcome of the race depends on the outcome of the US elections in November, in which former Republican President Donald Trump emerges as his party's nominee after a landslide victory in the primaries held so far.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with Trump on Friday in Florida, in the southern US, and announced that the president had promised to “not give one cent” to Ukraine.

“He has a very clear vision and it's hard to disagree. He says: first of all, he won't give a single cent to the war between Ukraine and Russia,” the Hungarian nationalist leader told public broadcaster M1 on Sunday if he returned to the White House.