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.

Zelenskyy met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the UN on September 22. TSN's live coverage initially differed on whether their closed-door meeting had finished and reported no outcome. The following day's TSN/Radio Liberty report adds Bloomberg's account, based on an anonymous source, of tension over Ukraine's funding demands and interceptor shortages. Zelenskyy criticizes the EU's delisting of Usmanov and Fridman and thanks von der Leyen for willingness to add other Russian names. Her public account focuses on finance: €37 billion still available for Ukraine that year, further defense support and reforms already agreed with Kyiv and ratified by parliament. She says completing the reforms in 2026 could unlock €20 billion in budget support. TSN reports Zelenskyy's €23 billion shortfall estimate and proposal to accelerate next year's EU loan payments; the Commission's cool response and reference to Canada, Norway and Japan are described as informal reporting. Talks continue; neither the anonymous characterization nor a new disbursement commitment is independently established. Vremya also cites Bloomberg's anonymous account of tension and says EU officials wanted progress on laws reducing Ukraine's shadow economy before additional funding. That reported condition is not presented as a new confirmed EU decision and does not replace von der Leyen's public financing account. TSN's September 25 correspondent says contacts she spoke to do not confirm Bloomberg's description of a tense meeting and consider it exaggerated; she reports Zelenskyy describing the meeting positively while still opposing the two oligarch delistings. The follow-up also airs Ihor Zhovkva on discussion of unused SAFE funds for joint projects. That proposal is separately indexed and does not establish a payment or erase the earlier attributed tension accounts. The full English post-Trump briefing adds Zelenskyy's account of a positive financing framework and work with European leaders to bring the next loan installment closer. The interpretation refers to a two-year '50 billion' package and '45 billion', without identifying the currency; these figures remain unreconciled rather than replacing the other sources' financing amounts. Its separate IMF meeting and unused-defense-fund proposal are indexed independently. No new payment is established.