We reported last night on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s comments to the Washington Post about US military aid.
Here is another look at what was said by the Ukrainian president.
In an interview with the American paper, Mr Zelenskyy said if Ukraine does not get the promised US military aid its forces will have to retreat “in small steps”.
“If there is no US support, it means that we have no air defence, no Patriot missiles, no jammers for electronic warfare, no 155mm artillery rounds,” he said.
“It means we will go back, retreat, step by step, in small steps.
“We are trying to find some way not to retreat.”
Shortages of munitions, he said, meant “you have to do with less”.
He added: “How? Of course, to go back. Make the frontline shorter. If it breaks, the Russians could go to the big cities.”
Joe Biden has urged the Republican-controlled US House of Representatives to endorse the military and financial aid package, but House Speaker Mike Johnson has held up the matter for months, citing domestic priorities.
Mr Zelenskyy told the US president in a telephone conversation on Thursday that approval of the package was vital.
Russian forces captured the eastern town of Avdiivka last month and have made small gains since, but the frontlines have changed little in months.
In his interview, the Ukrainian president said Ukraine was making up for shortages of missiles with home-produced weaponry and air defence systems, “but it is not enough”.