Did Zelenskyy Urge Western Countries, ‘Don’t Build Roads, Spend All of Your Money on Weapons’?

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Title: Did Zelenskyy Urge Western Countries, ‘Don’t Build Roads, Spend All of Your Money on Weapons’?
URL: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zelenskyy-western-countries-spending-quote/
Publisher: Snopes
Date published: December 13, 2023
Description:

So, in response to Baier’s fourth question Zelenskyy did say, “Do this, not build roads for today. Don’t do it. Spend all your money to the weapon, to the drones, to the society, to the pensions and et cetera. […] We have only one enemy, this is Putin, […].” However, his remarks weren’t directed at Western countries or Western leaders, but instead at the Ukrainian leaders who had criticized him.