According to the diplomat, the West understands that the Ukrainian leader is already beyond their total control.
“That is, they control him in everything that is beneficial to them, but at the same time he is already entering some kind of uncontrolled orbit of his own.
He just begins to blackmail the West in many ways, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zakharova.
She noted that Ukraine now needs more money and weapons on a "cosmic scale" because of the difficulties faced in the West.
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, earlier turned to Western countries with a request to supply Ukraine with 200 tanks, 300 armored vehicles and ATACMS missiles.
French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu admitted that fellow citizens are asking questions about the advisability of supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Former United States Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard said American taxpayer money is ending up in the pockets of the corrupt Ukrainian government.