Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says US decisions on Ukraine hard to explain

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that decisions taken by the United States on the war in Ukraine, including delays in arms shipments and restrictions on intelligence sharing, were “hard to explain.”

“Because it all comes down to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s refusal to end this war, and to decisions on the American side that are hard to explain between friends,” Zelenskyy said in a meeting with a U.S. congressional delegation.

Zelenskyy said Ukraine had not received full explanations over limitations placed on the use of the Starshield system needed to stage some drone strikes and defend against Russian attacks, particularly by high-speed jet-powered drones.

In remarks posted on a video on Telegram, he said that on three occasions in the past week, Ukraine had not received the advance warning of an attack generally provided by its partners.

“We also know that, unfortunately, the Pentagon is delaying the delivery of missiles that our partner have already paid for through the PURL programme,” he said.

He said that to his knowledge one missile package was waiting for signature by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“All of this suggests that some political decision has been made to slow down support for us,” he said.

Affected by the U.S. delays are urgently needed Patriot interceptor missiles, just as Russia has intensified its targeting of Ukrainian cities with missiles and drones, the Washington Post reported .

Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine was willing to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump, for 30 days if Washington supplied Ukraine with interceptors for the Patriot anti-missile system.

He also said that he hoped a Ukrainian delegation would meet in the coming days with U.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Norway.

乌克兰总统泽连斯基周一表示，美国在乌克兰战争问题上做出的决定，包括延迟武器运输和限制情报共享，都“难以解释”。

泽连斯基在与美国国会代表团会面时表示：“归根结底，是因为（俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·）普京拒绝结束这场战争，以及美国方面做出的那些难以在朋友之间解释的决定。”

泽连斯基表示，乌克兰尚未收到关于限制使用“星盾”系统的完整解释。该系统用于发动一些无人机袭击并防御俄罗斯的攻击，特别是高速喷气式无人机的攻击。

他在 Telegram 上发布的一段视频中表示，过去一周，乌克兰曾三次没有收到其伙伴通常会提供的袭击预警。

“我们也知道，不幸的是，五角大楼正在拖延交付我们的合作伙伴已经通过 PURL 计划支付的导弹，”他说。

他说，据他所知，有一套导弹装备正等待美国国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯签字。

他说：“所有这些都表明，有人做出了某种政治决定，要减缓对我们的支持。”

据《华盛顿邮报》报道，受美国延误影响，乌克兰急需的爱国者拦截导弹也受到影响，与此同时，俄罗斯加大了用导弹和无人机袭击乌克兰城市的力度。

泽连斯基还表示，如果华盛顿向乌克兰提供“爱国者”反导系统的拦截器，乌克兰愿意按照美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的要求，停止对俄罗斯炼油厂的袭击30天。

他还表示，希望乌克兰代表团能在未来几天内与美国总统特使史蒂夫·威特科夫和贾里德·库什纳在挪威会面。