The West always gives Ukraine weapons one year after it actually needs them, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine's president told Reuters that the West always gives it weapons a year after it needs them.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the West needs to be more involved in the war and shoot down Russian missiles.

Delays in US weapons deliveries have left Ukraine struggling to fight back, one expert said.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country's Western allies always give it weapons one year after it actually needs them.

"Every decision to which we, then later everyone together, comes to is late by around one year," Zelenskyy told Reuters on Monday.

"But it is what it is: one big step forward, but before that, two steps back," he added.

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