Moments ago, former House Speaker tweeted “President Zelensky is a profile in courage while President Biden is a profile in timidity, confusion and irresponsibility. As an American it is embarrassing to have such an unnecessary failure.”
“Ukraine can defeat Putin with our help but no American troops,” he added.
President Zelensky is a profile in courage while President Biden is a profile in timidity, confusion and irresponsibility. As an American it is embarrassing to have such an unnecessary failure. Ukraine can defeat Putin with our help but no American troops.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) February 26, 2022
Zelensky turned down an offer from the United States to help in evacuation.
“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelensky said, according to a senior American intelligence official.
“We are here. We are in Kiev. We defend Ukraine,” he also declared in a video that has been viewed over 200k times on Twitter.
“We are here. We are in Kiev. We defend Ukraine” – the president of #Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy pic.twitter.com/Nn92WK8QWh
— Mirosława van der Boom (@miroslawavdb) February 25, 2022
UK leader Boris Johnson said Saturday Ukrainians are “fighting heroically” and with “great success” in some places.