Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out a ceasefire in his country's war with Russia today in Estonia, saying Kremlin forces would use the break to arm themselves and regroup.
"A break on the Ukrainian battlefield will not mean a break in the war. A break would work in Russia's hands. It could break us later," Zelensky said in Tallinn.
Limited ceasefires have been proposed periodically since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but have never come into force.
The warring parties are trying to arm themselves after 22 months of fighting with no end in sight. Since the front line, about 1.500 kilometers long, is mostly static during the icy weather, both sides need artillery shells, rockets and drones that enable long-range strikes.
During his stay in the capital of Estonia, as part of a two-day visit to the Baltic countries, Zelensky also said that Moscow buys artillery shells and rockets from North Korea and drones from Iran.
Zelensky is pressuring Western allies to provide more support to Ukraine, which has already received billions of dollars in military aid from them.
At a joint press conference with Zelenskiy, Estonian President Alar Karis said that Ukraine needs more weapons and that it needs better weapons.
"We need to increase military production capacity so that Ukraine gets what it needs. And not tomorrow, they should get it today," Karis said.
Zelenskiy visited Lithuania yesterday, and is going to Latvia from Tallinn.
He said yesterday in Vilnius that Ukraine showed the world that the Russian army can be stopped.
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