{"id":552432,"date":"2026-06-19T08:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=552432"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:43:12","slug":"zelenskyy-says-he-would-like-to-end-the-war-before-winter-otherwise-additional-aid-will-be-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/zelenskyy-says-he-would-like-to-end-the-war-before-winter-otherwise-additional-aid-will-be-needed","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy Says He Would Like to End the War Before Winter, Otherwise Additional Aid Will Be Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Ukrainian President <b>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/b> warned European partners at the European Council summit that his country would require additional assistance if the war continues into the winter.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cOf course, we want to end this war before winter \u2014 through diplomacy and pressure on Russia. But we understand who we are dealing with. Putin is war. Therefore, if the war continues, we will need a winter support package. This should include an energy package \u2014 gas, diesel fuel and the necessary energy equipment \u2014 as well as a missile package of no fewer than 300 missiles for the winter. Let us prepare for this now while at the same time maximising diplomatic efforts. We need concrete decisions,\u201d<\/i> Zelenskyy said, summarising his address to EU leaders.<\/p>\n<p>He also stressed the importance of unlocking \u20ac6 billion from the European Peace Facility. According to Zelenskyy, the funds could be used for air defence systems, long-range munitions and other capabilities that have already proven their effectiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned European partners at the European Council summit that his country would require additional assistance if the war continues into the winter. \u201cOf course, we want to end this war before winter \u2014 through diplomacy and pressure on Russia. But we understand who we are dealing with. Putin is war. Therefore, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":552431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/6a35012454704.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Zelenskyy Says He Would Like to End the War Before Winter, Otherwise Additional Aid Will Be Needed"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143090],"tags":[143121],"class_list":["post-552432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-politics","tag-rossijsko-ukrainskaja-vojna"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}