President Zelenskyy addresses NATO Parliamentary Assembly

“Air terror is Putin’s last move. We must stop it. Deny him victories on the ground and in the sky – then real diplomacy becomes possible,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an address to the 71st annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on Oct. 13.

First, a frontline update. This matters because our people have held back another wave of Russian attacks in Sumy and Donetsk regions. And that shows again – Russia cannot achieve its goals when our unity generates enough support.

Russia has failed many times to carry out Putin’s order to take Donbas. They keep delaying this senseless goal.

In summer, they told the United States of America and others they would achieve it in a few months – by October or November. Instead, it is our troops who are pushing forward now. Our results are possible because we no longer face the big shortages of regular weapons we had before. Some items are still missing, but we are working hard to ramp up our industry so it can supply more. I want to stress – we are steadily increasing production of our own weapons. More than 40% of the weapons on the front now are made in Ukraine. But every package of military aid from your countries still matters.

And please keep supporting us so we can keep the Russians on the back foot. The worse things are for Russia at the front, the greater the internal pressure on Putin to negotiate seriously.

Full text of the address: Office of the President of Ukraine