by Mike Collett-White and Dan Peleschuk
KYIV, May 20 (Reuters) – Decisions by Western allies on military support for Ukraine are taking too long, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said on Monday in an exclusive interview with Reuters in Kyiv .
He called the delivery of military aid, including air defense systems like the Patriot systems that Ukraine relies on to defend itself against Russia, a “big step forward” but before that regretted “the two steps behind” its allies.
He also regretted that the decisions taken were “a year late”.
This interview was granted at a time when Ukrainian soldiers are losing ground in the northeast and east of the country against the Russian soldiers, who are more numerous and better equipped.
According to the Ukrainian president, the situation on the battlefield in the northeast of the country is now under control, after Russian incursions towards the city of Kharkiv. (French version Zhifan Liu)
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