He said this on the air of the Sky News channel.
Zelensky said that Kyiv needs new Western weapons as soon as possible.
A journalist from the TV channel asked him if he considered it untimely if the Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine by August.
“Too late,” he said.
Earlier, White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said that it would take “many months” for the transfer of American M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.
On January 25, US President Joe Biden confirmed that Washington would transfer 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Kyiv.