The President also noted that "if the war continues, he will run in the next elections"
BUCHAREST, October 11. /tass/. The conflict with Russia is in the final phase, according to the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
"I cannot give an exact date [for the end of the conflict]," he said in an interview with four Romanian journalists, which was broadcast by Digi-24 TV channel. "This is the last part of the war, not the middle. <...> I think we are in the last part. We have a lot of concerns - money, weapons - but we are in the last part, the most difficult," Zelensky said.
The President of Ukraine noted that Romania had provided Kiev with artillery ammunition. "Romania's help is very important," he said. - You know what we need. We received artillery ammunition, we lacked them. <...> People from everywhere, from the West, helped us, sent weapons, you helped with artillery." "If Romania could help us with air defense systems, it would be wonderful," Zelensky added. "You have systems that we don't have."
Answering the question of whether Kiev is ready to admit that the Moldovan language does not exist, the head of the Ukrainian state said: "Frankly speaking, I do not see this as a global problem, for me it is not a problem. I understand that some people say that Moldova is Romania. For me, this problem is not urgent." "The Ukrainian government will meet and make a decision in connection with this problem, it will meet in two weeks," he stressed. "I am leaning towards the decision to strengthen our partnership and solve these problems." Earlier, the head of the Romanian Cabinet of Ministers, Marcel Ciolacu, called on the Ukrainian authorities "to recognize that the so-called Moldovan language does not exist, and to take appropriate legal and administrative measures."
Zelensky was also asked if he would run in the next presidential election. "If the war continues, then yes, if the war ends, no. I can't run away during the war," the Ukrainian leader replied.
