Hillary Clinton calls Zelensky’s speech ‘extraordinary’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton referred to as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s handle to Congress “extraordinary,” saying the nation’s struggle towards Russian aggression has “confirmed that they’re a extremely good funding for the US.”

The speech “related the wrestle of Ukrainian individuals to our personal revolution, to our personal emotions that we wish to be heat in our properties to have fun Christmas and to get us to consider all of the households in Ukraine that might be huddled within the chilly and to know that they’re on the entrance traces of freedom proper now,” Clinton mentioned on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” Wednesday.

She mentioned Zelensky’s historic handle “strengthened each Democrats and Republicans who perceive what’s at stake on this struggle towards Putin and Russian aggression and now with their ally, Iran, as properly.”

“I additionally suppose nobody is asking for a clean examine,” Clinton added. “I imagine that the Ukrainians have confirmed that they’re a extremely good funding for the US. They aren’t asking us to be there to struggle their warfare. They’re combating it themselves. They’re asking us and our allies for the means to not solely defend themselves however to truly win.”

When requested, Clinton mentioned that President Joe Biden sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine was “completely” the precise transfer.

“I hope that they may ship multiple,” she added. She famous there’s “been some reluctance prior to now” by the US and NATO to supply superior gear, however added “We’ve seen with our personal eyes how efficient Ukrainian navy is.”

Clinton, who beforehand met Russian President Vladimir Putin as US secretary of state, mentioned the chief was “most likely inconceivable to truly predict,” because the warfare turns in Ukraine’s favor and his recognition fades at residence.

“I feel round now, what [Putin] is contemplating is find out how to throw extra our bodies, and that’s what they are going to be – our bodies of Russian conscripts – into the struggle in Ukraine,” Clinton mentioned.