Zelenskiy Asks Trump for More Arms to Force Putin to End the War

Feb. 4, 2026, 9:10 PM UTC

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on US President Donald Trump to send more weapons for his military to put it in a better position to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war.

“Putin is only afraid of Trump,” Zelenskiy said in an interview with France 2 television from Kyiv, speaking through a French interpreter. “President Trump knows that there is one way to exert pressure: through the economy, with sanctions, and by weapons that he can transfer to us if he doesn’t want to engage directly the US army.”

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