Excerpts from the interview published on Facebook by Zelensky.
"Security guarantees should include Europe plus the United States of America," the president noted. "If we talk about who can stop [the aggressor country, Russia], it can only be a large number of allies. Otherwise, if we do not have America, Ukraine should not reduce its army but rather increase it, because Europe will not be enough. By the way, these were my messages in Switzerland […] All these armies are weak compared to the Russian one."
According to Zelensky, Ukraine's defense forces consist of more than 800,000 military personnel, while the army in France has over 200,000 servicemen, and other European countries have even smaller armed forces.
Zelensky believes that the completion of the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine could be expedited by U.S. President Donald Trump.
"In my opinion, Trump can do this faster than anyone else in the world, in terms of military, economy, America's influence on the world economy, and his personal characteristics. I believe he can influence this more than others," emphasized the head of the Ukrainian state.
Zelensky added that "China also has significant influence, but the United States has more."