UCCA welcomes Trump’s statements on Ukraine at UN General Assembly

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) praised remarks made by U.S. President Donald Trump on Ukraine during his Sept. 23 speech at the UN General Assembly in New York.

The UCCA said Trump’s description of Russia as “a piper tiger” reflects truths Ukrainians have long on the battlefield that Moscow’s strength is built on fear and illusion, and is crumbling in the face of Ukraine’s determination and sacrifice. 

Victory, the organization stressed, requires more than speeches. Ukraine needs advanced air and missile defense, long-range strike systems, modern aircraft, and the full weight of sanctions to choke off Russia’s war machine. It also needs binding security commitments from allies to ensure a lasting peace. 

“The decisions that follow this statement, the guarantees that are given, and the investments that are made will transform these words into the instruments of Ukraine’s victory,” the UCCA said.

The organization warned that Ukraine’s battle is not a distant war, but the very front line of global democracy. The freedom of Kyiv and Kharkiv is “inseparable from the security of Warsaw and Vilnius, and no amount of reinforcement along NATO’s borders can substitute for ensuring that Ukraine itself prevails.” 

The UCCA also called for frozen Russian state assets to be transferred to Ukraine to fund reconstruction and infrastructure development, and urged investment in the country’s defense sector, including drone production and modern technologies.

The group also called on Trump to visit Kyiv to see firsthand both the devastation wrought by Russia and the resilience driving Ukraine’s renewal. Such a visit, it said, would demonstrate that America’s leadership remains decisive, and that with American support, Ukraine’s victory will be not only its own, but a triumph shared by the free world.