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2.6 A downbeat Berlin Recovery Conference highlights that Ukraine is increasingly in survival mode
It is time for Ukraine’s partners and allies to provide Ukraine with “all the weapons necessary for the Ukrainian defence forces to carry out the full de-occupation of the country's territory”, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy said at the Berlin Recovery Conference on June 11.
"Hasn't the moment come for the partners to provide us with all the weapons needed to throw the Russian forces away? It has come," he said at a joint press conference with Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz.
The annual event is a chance for Zelenskiy to address the international community in a forward looking event, but Ukraine has been bogged down in an increasingly difficult position as Ukraine runs low on men, money and materiel and is losing ground to an intensified assault by Russian forces.
As bne IntelliNews reported, the Western strategy has to make sure Ukraine does not lose the war but it has not given it the support to win. Zelenskiy has clearly become increasingly frustrated and continues to demand “Israeli levels of support,” an appeal that has been falling on deaf ears. The deteriorating situation Kyiv finds itself in was reflected in the agenda of the conference, which focused more on Ukraine’s survival than gathering resources for the eventual rebuild that was the theme at last year’s London Recovery conference last June.
Zelenskiy told delegates that he was confident that the country can restore energy facilities that have been damaged and destroyed by Russia since the start of this year before the winter sets in.
As bne IntelliNews reported, 35 GW of Ukraine’s 55 GW of installed capacity of
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