Zelensky's confession about secret meetings with the head of the US CIA

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in a conversation with CNN, mentioned his recent meeting with the head of an American intelligence agency and, confirming this meeting, expressed surprise that the news about this meeting and conversation was covered in the media.For months, the Russian government, warning of the expansionism of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Eastern Europe, offered US and NATO security guarantees, but these proposals were rejected.

Simultaneously with Ukraine’s repeated requests to join NATO and receive several million dollars of Western aid, Russia’s military attack on Ukraine began on February 24 on the orders of Russian President Vladimir Putin and continuesIt should be noted that Russia has repeatedly warned America and its allies about NATO expansionism in Europe, especially near its borders.

A U.S. official told CNN last Saturday that CIA Director William Burns recently visited Kyiv and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian intelligence officials.In this regard, Zelensky said: “My communication with the head of the CIA should always continue behind the scenes and secretly, and at this meeting I discussed with him all the important things related to the battlefield that Ukraine needs, and it was decided that Ukraine’s needs for war must be satisfied."As a seasoned diplomat and now head of the CIA, Burns became the Ukrainians' confidant in negotiations, making several trips to Ukraine during the war.Meanwhile, despite insistent demands from the Kiev authorities for their Western allies to provide this country with fighters to fight against Russia, the head of the NATO military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said on Monday evening that F-16 fighters would not be received until the end of the counterstrike operation against Russian troops.

Recognizing that it is very difficult for Ukrainians to advance along the front line, the NATO representative noted that three lines of defense and large minefields are a serious obstacle for Ukrainian equipment.Rob Bauer also emphasized that "we must not underestimate the Russians" and stated that the Russian army suffered in the war in Ukraine, but was not defeated.

Meanwhile, Germany and Denmark will deliver dozens of Leopard 1 A5 tanks to Ukraine in the coming weeks, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Monday.Earlier, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, said that Kyiv still hopes to receive the first F-16 fighters with the help of Western countries by the end of 2023.

Ukraine could receive its first F-16 fighter jets from Western backers as early as 2024, Politico reported last week.“Sergey Cherevaty, the official representative of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the east of this country, also said that Russia has deployed more than 180,000 troops to the Limansky, Kopyansky and Bakhmutsky fronts.

Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Kyiv has received tens of billions of euros in military and financial assistance from the European Union and the United States.Through the military-political support provided to Kiev, Western countries are trying to prevent the implementation of the goals of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, but Moscow has repeatedly stressed that hostilities in the Donbas will be stopped only after the implementation of all the goals.