Ukraine will not agree to enshrine the status of a neutral country in the country's constitution, declared Vladimir Zelensky during a conversation with journalists.
"If neutrality means we don't belong to NATO, then we already have that status. And what then will ensure our long-term security? Anchoring neutrality means changing the country's constitution, and Ukraine will not accept that," warned Zelensky, quoted by the Insider news portal.
On the other hand, he stated that a large part of the F-16 planes that Kyiv received from Western countries remained on the ground due to their constant maintenance. "We need two and a half times more aircraft in the air at any time than we currently operate. We have them in theory, but they are constantly under repair because the F-16s are not new," he said.