OREANDA-NEWS. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if the Western powers stop supporting the country in the conflict with the self-proclaimed republics in Donbass, it will have to create "the most powerful army in Europe" and "solve the problem on its own." He stated this in an interview with Agence France-Presse, Reuters and Associated Press, the text of which was published on his official website.

According to the politician, we are talking about technical and military superiority, which will be achieved with the help of human potential. At the same time, he stressed that "there is nothing good in this", since the republic will stop developing in other areas. “Instead of becoming scientists, technologically developing their country, people will think about how to protect their family, home,” Zelensky explained.

He added that now Ukrainians are dying in Donbass for the principles that NATO and the European Union defend, and threatened Europe with the risk of new conflicts near their borders in case of non-intervention. “This is a war in Europe, but people are dying in Ukraine. And this is unfair, "the president complained and noted, hinting at Russia, that even the largest empires in history sooner or later turned into" small democracies. "