Ukraine President Turns Down Evacuation Offer by US, Russian Forces Close In
By Fox News // February 26, 2022
Ukraine President: The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride
(FOX NEWS) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday turned down an offer from the U.S. to help him evacuate the country.
“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” the 44-year-old leader said, according to a senior American intelligence official with direct knowledge of the conversation.
Zelenskyy has vowed to stay in Kyiv even though he believes he is Russia’s “target number one.” Saturday morning he filmed himself on his phone on the streets of Kyiv, saying “I am here. We will be defending our country, because our strength is in our truth.”
As Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vows to remain in his country and continue the fight in Kyiv and other areas against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Fox News Digital is receiving passionate pleas from faith leaders across the U.S. for the aggression to stop and for peace to reign.
Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado, CEO and president of Compassion International based in Colorado Springs, Colo., told Fox News Digital in an emailed comment late Friday, “Every time there is suffering, babies and children pay the highest price.”
Compassion International is a Christian child development organization that “works to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name,” the group says in its mission statements.
Santiago also told Fox News Digital, “With another conflict now tragically added to the active wars in our world, I invite us all to pray for the children and families caught in the middle.”
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