Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov called for "not turning the situation with US military aid into a tragedy" and denied rumors of "tension" between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. He said this in an interview with the BBC.
According to him, Ukraine will be happy if the US Congress approves a new aid package by the end of December.
"But if it happens a little later, we should not turn it into a tragedy," Danilov said.
He did not answer the question whether Ukraine would lose the war if US aid stops.
"The truth is on our side. Will Putin destroy us before the eyes of humanity? Will he kill our children, our women, our old people? And will the whole world watch with its eyes closed? Then the question should be what kind of world we live in," the NSDC Secretary said.
The official also once again denied rumors of a conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhnyi.
"I do not confirm that such things, which are being discussed in the media today, are real," he summarized.
