>> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SAID THAT WITH THE WILL AND ALL THE GEAR, YOU COULD WIN.

I'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO AMERICAN GENERALS, OTHERS WHO SAID, YOU CAN WIN, BUT IT DEPENDS ON THE WILL OF POLL TEGSS IN OUR ALLIED NATIONS, IN THE UNITED STATES AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STALLING IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, THE REPUBLICAN-LED HOUSE WILL NOT ADDRESS THE HUGE WEAPONS BILL THAT THE PRESIDENT'S TRYING TO GET TO YOU.

SOME OF THEM MAY BE HERE.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO YOUR REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES IN THE UNITED STATES?

ANYBODY WHO IS BLOCKING THAT BILL?

>> YEAH, I WILL HAVE MEETING WITH SENATORS TODAY.

WE HAVE -- I THINK WE WILL HAVE SPEECH WITH THEM, THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I THINK THAT -- DIDN'T WANT TO PUSH SUCH MESSAGE TO UNITED STATES, BECAUSE THEY DID A LOT FOR US, DID A LOT.

I SEE NANCY PELOSI, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE DID TOGETHER A LOT.

THANK YOU FROM OUR PEOPLE, FROM ALL OUR HEARTS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[ APPLAUSE ] JUST -- JUST, WE HAVE TO WORK IN ONE JOINT TEAM.

THAT IS THE ANSWER.

IF UKRAINE WILL BE ALONE, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WILL BE.

RUSSIA WILL DESTROY US, WILL DESTROY BALTIC, WILL DESTROY POLAND.

THEY CAN DO IT.

YESTERDAY, I HAD VERY USEFUL, I THINK, DIALOGUES WITH GERMAN GOVERNMENT, FRANCE PARTNERS, AND I SAID VERY CLEARLY, AND VERY HONESTLY, IF YOU WILL REMIND, THAT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN UKRAINE IN 2014, OUR PEOPLE WERE NOT READY FOR THE WAR, FOR THE QUICK OCCUPATION OF CRIMEA, PART OF DONBAS, AND THEN DURING -- DURING EIGHT YEARS, PEOPLE BEGAN TO BE READY FOR SUCH AGGRESSION.

NOT ONLY WITH WEAPON, IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WEAPON, YOU'RE READY PSYCHOLOGICALLY.

THAT'S WHY -- THAT'S WHY.

SENATORS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND ONLY WE IN UNITY WE CAN WIN RUSSIA AND THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE WILL WIN WITH THEM OR NOT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER WAY.

WE HAVE ONLY ONE LAND, OUR UKRAINE.

YEAH.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU ARE OUTMANNED AND YOU ALWAYS SAY THIS, THERE ARE HUGE ADVANTAGES IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF RUSSIAN FORCES.

THERE IS A QUESTION OF POTENTIALLY YOU SIGNING A LAW OR CHANGING THE DRAFT AND THE CONSCRIPTION AND LOWERING THE AGE FROM 27 TO 25.

ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT?

>> Translator: IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE AND COMPLICATED QUESTION.

IT'S A QUESTION ABOUT HOW FAIR RECRUITMENT SHOULD BE.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE IS ROTATION, OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY TIRED AT THE FRONT LINE, PHYSICALLY.

ANY PERSON, NOT ONLY UKRAINE, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT NATION YOU BELONG TO, IF YOU ARE TIRED, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, YOU HAVE TO BE RESTORED AND SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD REPLACE YOU.

ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WHO HAS BEEN TRAINED DURING CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME AND MOBILIZATION RECRUITMENT DEPENDS ON THAT, ALSO.

HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE FRONT, HOW MANY RESERVES YOU HAVE, WHY YOU NEED THAT.

>> FOR DEFENDING OPERATION, SOME NUMBER OF BRIGADES FOR -- THEY BEGAN TO TRANSLATE ME.

YEAH, IT'S DIFFICULT.

SO, FOR -- FOR COUNTEROFFENSIVE, YOU NEED ANOTHER.

ANOTHER NUMBER OF BRIGADES, SO, THE QUESTION OF MOBILIZATION IS A COMPLICATED THING.

YES.

AND -- I CAN'T SHARE WITH YOU THE NUMBER OF VICTIMS, CASUALTIES, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU -- WHEN WE SPEAK, THEY HAVE TOO MUCH PEOPLE, YEAH.

AND -- YOU HAVE TO KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN AVDIIVKA, I JUST COMPARING THE NUMBER, 1 TO 7.

IT'S A PITY THAT I'M -- BUT FOR ONE DEATH OF UKRAINIANS, SEVEN DEATHS OF RUSSIANS.

1 TO 7.

SO, I'M NOT COMPARING THIS WAR, AND I DON'T WANT -- AND IT'S TRAGEDY EVEN TO LOSE ONE PERSON, BUT WE DIDN'T BEGIN IT, SO THAT -- BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW, HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THIS SMALL CITY.