Zelenskyy's New York remarks Truce, missiles and finance

Sep 22

Ukrinform presents Zelenskyy's complete September 22 post-Trump briefing in New York with English interpretation. He offers a reciprocal halt to energy attacks, says Washington will convey it to Russia and leaves Russian acceptance unknown. He denies that Trump requested a unilateral halt that day, describes an energy truce as a first stage and alleges Putin will justify further strikes as retaliation for Ukrainian attacks during Russian elections. He asks Trump to involve Xi, renews readiness for a trilateral meeting when all sides are ready, doubts Russian willingness and hopes Trump will use the Graham sanctions instrument if Russia will not de-escalate; he does not know whether Trump will do so. He seeks an urgent winter Patriot interceptor package and future production licenses. He describes the American response as positive but says he obtained nothing very concrete. He reports a signed German contract for 600 missiles in two 300-missile packages and offers to replace advance American supplies in 2027. The German production years are fragmented in this English track. Licensing lead time remains uncertain, and no delivery or license document is shown. Asked about attacks on other European countries, he argues Putin is not winning, fears returning soldiers and seeks to divide European and American support for Ukraine. The English interpretation says Russian soldiers are dying at a rate of 32,000–33,000 per month. He alleges drone activity in several European countries, warns of high risks to countries bordering Russia or Belarus and urges them always to respond. These are his claims and forecasts, not independently verified deaths, responsibility or announced invasions. Asked about Russian-American business proposals, he cites that day's removal of sanctions from two unnamed oligarchs, vows to return to Europe with the same names and stresses the difficulty of resisting Russian money. He declines to discuss business details he has not heard. On financing, he says increasing attacks raise defense costs, describes work with Ursula and the IMF director to avoid financial collapse and says teams will meet in seven days. He proposes sharing Ukrainian technology with Europe while using unspent European defense allocations for Ukraine; the interpretation calls the program 'ASAP'. It refers to a two-year '50 billion' package and efforts to bring '45 billion' forward, without a stated currency. These wording and amount uncertainties are retained, with no new allocation or payment established. He links European urgency to risks of Russian aggression elsewhere. In Haltiwanger's final exchange, readiness for talks is distinguished from believing Putin wants peace, with an awkward Saudi-ceasefire recollection retained in the footage. A closing answer says the UN helps leaders meet but suggests this may be limited.

After meeting Trump in New York, Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready to stop attacks on Russian diesel supplies and refineries if Russia stops attacking Ukraine's electricity, heating and water infrastructure. Tagesschau introduces the statement as thanks for U.S. support followed by conditions. The offer is conditional; no Russian acceptance or operational ceasefire is reported. TSN's September 23 account repeats the reciprocal energy proposal and adds Zelenskyy's reply that Trump did not ask for a unilateral halt at the New York meeting. It contrasts that reply with U.S. media claims about an earlier telephone call; the allegation about the call is not confirmation of a one-sided commitment. Oman TV's September 23 report says the United States would convey the energy proposal to Russia and recalls Peskov's earlier rejection in favor of a comprehensive peace settlement. It describes continued Ukrainian willingness, not a newly agreed truce. The original Ukrinform briefing supplies Zelenskyy's full conditional offer and his statement that the Russian position is unknown. In follow-up answers he denies a unilateral demand at that day's Trump meeting, explains reciprocal energy restraint as a possible first stage and attributes to intelligence a Russian effort to justify further strikes by reference to attacks during elections. Those allegations are not an established account of a separately identified attack.