Exclusive: Zelenskyy says without U.S. aid ‘we’ll have no chance of winning’

Volodymyr Zelenskyy (through interpreter):

Two times. I talked to him last year. I was visiting the United States.

Specifically, I had a meeting with the speaker, with the president, with the Congress. Then we had a meeting behind closed doors. They all agreed 100 percent, those who were at that meeting. They were saying, there will be support, believe us, by the end of the year.

We had a conversation with the speaker over the phone, and he told me that he fully supports Ukraine receiving the support.

He said, yes, of course, he supported to give — to keep defending aid. This package, decision of Congress to Ukraine, it’s very — very important, and et cetera.

And what is very important? That those period, I also spoke with congressmen, a lot of them, many times, and all of them said to me that, yes, Ukraine will get. The question is, in days or some weeks, after that, months, months, and et cetera.

And one important moment. The last one, when I spoke with a team of congressmen, they said, maybe it will be not cheap money. Maybe it will be — I mean, this…