They saw but could not get: Zelensky told why the Russian Federation broke through the border near Kharkiv

Due to such decisions of partners, Ukraine cannot protect against attacks by Russian missiles. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told about the consequences of such prohibitions in an interview with The New Yorl Times. Zelensky explained to reporters that the Armed Forces knew about the preparation of Russian offensive on Kharkiv - as an enemy gathers live power, military equipment, shells.

All preparation was conducted on the other side of the "fence" - that is, in the territory of the Russian Federation. And the forces of defense saw it, but could not hit, as Western partners forbade the use of Western weapons for blows in Russian territory. "It means that tomorrow they will not come with flowers. They will come to us with death.

If we know that tomorrow they will come not to celebrate but to kill us, why we cannot use weapons to destroy them where they accumulate? ", - the president asked a rhetorical question. Ukraine saw the enemy collecting forces, and if there were no prohibitions, on the Russian headquarters, places of dislocation, military bases would fly shells.

There are appropriate tools in the world that could be obtained for purposes and protect Kharkiv from the strikes of C-300 missiles, which Russia has 10 thousand pieces. The United States has such weapons, but they forbid use in the Russian Federation. "Is there a corresponding weapon in the world to confront it? Yes. Is there a corresponding weapon better than what is in the arsenal of Russia? .

Journalists asked the President, which he "asked for permission" for the use of Western weapons, and what his opinion on a possible escalation in response to such permission. Zelensky explained that he spoke to this topic with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, with National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, with the heads of the European Union countries - and received a refusal.

In the mention of escalation, the Ukrainian president emphasized that the war is ongoing, so what the strengthening is still awaiting. "There are no risks of escalation. Escalation has already taken place: Russia's escalation against Ukraine," he said, also suggested that the Western partners be knocking Russian missiles over the Ukrainian territory.

It should be noted that on the morning of May 10, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation began an attack on Kharkiv, moving forward from two directions - from the village of Vylny and towards Vuchansk. As of May 21, the enemy stopped at a distance of 20-25 km from Kharkiv,-the President assured that the Russians did not overcome the 10-kilometer mark.

At the same time, the Deepstate fighting map showed that the departments of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation entered Vovchansk and reached the central streets. Analysts of the Institute for the Study of the War after the intensification of hostilities north of Kharkov wrote that the Western countries were responsible for the situation: they were forbidden to beat the Russian territory.