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Ukraine will lose the war against Russia if the U.S. cuts its aid, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Zelensky made the comment in an interview with Trey Yingst, Fox News' chief foreign correspondent, who asked him what would happen if the U.S. cut military funding to Ukraine.
"If they will cut, we will—I think we will lose," Zelensky said, adding that Ukraine would stay and fight no matter what. "We have our production, but it is not enough to prevail. And I think it is not enough to survive."
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The interview aired on Tuesday, as the war—which began in 2022 after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine—passed the 1,000-day mark.
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On Sunday, reports said U.S. President Joe Biden would authorize Ukraine to use Washington-provided weapons to launch strikes against Russian territory.
Ukraine had urged the United States to provide the authorization for months. On Tuesday, the Associated Press reported that the U.S. would send Ukraine at least $275 million in new weapons, as the Biden administration tries to deliver as much support as possible before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
Newsweek contacted the White House and the Ukrainian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
In the interview, Yingst asked Zelensky if he believed Trump could influence Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war. Zelensky said, "Yes he can," adding that it would not be simple.
He said Trump was "much stronger" than Putin and that the U.S. is stronger, adding that the American economy was larger and stronger and that the "United States has very big influence."
Yingst also asked whether Putin was the only person who could end the war. "It depends on Putin, really a lot," Zelensky said. He added: "But it also depends on the United States of America much more. Putin is weaker than the United States of America. The President of the United States of America has the strength and authorities and the weapons, and he can decrease the price for the energy resources."
Elsewhere in the interview, Zelensky described the situation in Ukraine as a "very difficult period."
He said: "This period, this moment, depends, I think, on our unity in Ukraine. And I think that what is very dangerous is if we will lose unity in Europe, and what is most important, unity between Ukraine and the United States."
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