Zelensky: 'Very difficult' for Ukraine to survive without U.S. military support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that it would be “very, very, very difficult” for Ukraine to survive without U.S. military support.

"Probably it will be very, very, very difficult. And of course, in all the difficult situations, you have a chance,"  Zelenskyy told NBC News' "Meet the Press" on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

"But we will have low chance, low chance, to survive without support of the United States. I think it’s very important, critical."

"I don’t want to think about" fighting against Russia without American support, Zelensky said.

"I don’t want to think that we will not be strategic partners," he added.

The Ukrainian president also spoke about his concern that Ukraine would be vulnerable to another major attack by Russia in the future if the U.S. does not continue providing military support.

Zelensky said that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to come to the negotiating table not to end the war but to get a ceasefire deal that would lift certain international sanctions on Russia and would allow its military to regroup.

"This is really what he wants. He wants pause, prepare, train, take off some sanctions, because of ceasefire," Zelensky said.