Zelensky said it would be “difficult” for Ukraine to “stay” (survive) without the aid.
He said that “if Ukraine loses the war, other states will be attacked”.
Meanwhile, Ukraine struck the dome above a shutdown reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear station on Sunday, although radiation levels were normal and there was no serious damage, the plant’s Russian-installed administration said.
It was not immediately clear what weapon was used against the nuclear plant, which was taken by Russian forces shortly after their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The plant said earlier it had been attacked by Ukrainian drones.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has experts at the site, said it had been informed by the Russian-run plant that a drone had detonated at the site and the information was “consistent” with IAEA observations.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said both sides should refrain from actions which “jeopardise nuclear safety”.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has dragged on for more than two years.
Kyiv said on Sunday that a strike on the town of Gulyaipole in the southern Zaporizhzhia region killed three people.
“Two men and a woman died under the rubble of their own private house, which was hit by a Russian shell,” the head of the region, Ivan Fedorov, said on social media.
Ukraine’s drone tactics have inspired Taiwan, but US support remains critical
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Officials said another civilian, a woman, was killed in the city of Kupiansk, in the northeastern Kharkiv region that has seen increased attacks in recent months.
“A woman died under the rubble in an apartment on the fourth floor of a high-rise building,” Ukraine’s state emergency services said, adding that it was a residential building.
Authorities in the main city of Kharkiv said Russia launched another attack on Sunday, wounding five civilians, a day after a deadly attack there.
Russia, meanwhile, said a young woman was killed by a Ukrainian drone strike on the Belgorod border region.
Russia’s Lavrov, who will visit China soon, calls Ukraine peace plan ‘reasonable’
Russia’s Lavrov, who will visit China soon, calls Ukraine peace plan ‘reasonable’
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said shrapnel hit a car with a family of six inside in the village of Shagarovka, some 35km (20 miles) from the border with Ukraine.
“Unfortunately, a girl died,” Gladkov said, without specifying whether she was a minor. “She died from her wounds on the spot.”
Gladkov said her father had a head wound and that two children were taken to hospital.
Additional reporting by Reuters