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Western Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine ‘as Long as Necessary’ [1]
['Michael Crowley', 'Roger Cohen', 'Steven Erlanger', 'Erika Solomon']
Date: 2023-02-17
MUNICH — Nearly one year into the brutal and costly war in Ukraine, Western leaders pledged to remain steadfast in their support for Kyiv amid worries about whether their unity can survive what France’s president called “a prolonged conflict.”
As dozens of leaders convened in Germany, Ukraine’s president opened the annual Munich Security Conference with a warning against “fatigue” and emphasizing that speed is of the essence if his country is to hold off a renewed Russian onslaught.
“We need to hurry up,” President Volodymyr Zelensky implored the attendees. He compared his country’s fight against Russia to the biblical battle of David and Goliath, saying that Western weapons would be the key to defeating “the Russian Goliath.”
He said that was why weapons deliveries must be accelerated. “Delay has always been, and still is, a mistake,” he said.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/world/europe/ukraine-russia-western-support.html
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