{"id":1702636,"date":"2022-10-19T15:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1702636"},"modified":"2022-10-19T15:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:48:26","slug":"zelenskys-famous-quote-of-need-ammunition-not-a-ride-never-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelenskys-famous-quote-of-need-ammunition-not-a-ride-never-happened\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky\u2019s Famous Quote of &#8220;Need Ammunition, Not a Ride&#8221; Never Happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fzelenskys-famous-quote-of-need-ammunition-not-a-ride-never-happened%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1702636&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A senior official claims that a famous quote by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be fake news, war propaganda.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The quote about needing ammunition helped catapult his credentials as a defiant wartime leader.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation came amidst a sprawling report by the New Yorker on the Biden administration\u2019s support for Ukraine, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/officials-u-s-secretly-conducting-operations-against-russia-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far more extensive than previously known<\/a> and includes operational planning at the highest levels.<\/p>\n<p>But Zelensky\u2019s famous line \u2013 \u201cI need ammunition, not a ride\u201d \u2013 and the fact that it may have been completely fabricated and promoted by the media ad nauseam casts a further pall on a war narrative that has at times seemed crafted by the heavy hand of a former actor.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2022\/10\/24\/inside-the-us-effort-to-arm-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Yorker<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Two days into the invasion, the Associated Press reported that Zelensky had rejected a U.S. offer to evacuate him from Kyiv, saying, \u201cI need ammunition, not a ride.\u201d A senior U.S. official said, \u201cTo the best of my knowledge, that never happened.\u201d The official added, \u201cBut hats off to Zelensky and the people around him. It was a great line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great piece by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yaffaesque?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yaffaesque<\/a>. Including this tidbit\u2026\ud83d\udc40<br \/>Inside the U.S. Effort to Arm Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xFkpW7AbYm\">https:\/\/t.co\/xFkpW7AbYm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EhhA0ZCnI5\">pic.twitter.com\/EhhA0ZCnI5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biannagolodryga\/status\/1582111439128403968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/tucker-carlson-shreds-ukraines-zelensky-for-shaking-down-congress-for-more-money-go-away-troll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson Shreds Ukraine\u2019s Zelensky For \u2018Shaking Down\u2019 Congress For More Money: \u2018Go Away, Troll\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Zelensky\u2019s Ammunition Line Fake?  <\/p>\n<p>Support Conservative Voices! <strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.  <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re searching for evidence that the American media are perfectly fine with helping to perpetuate falsehoods in the war effort in Ukraine, you need look no further than the Washington Post and fact-checker Glenn Kessler.<\/p>\n<p>Kessler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/06\/zelenskys-famous-quote-need-ammo-not-ride-not-easily-confirmed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">analyzed the claim<\/a> that Zelensky had uttered the quote: \u201cI need ammunition, not a ride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though he admitted the claim was not easily verifiable, he concluded using Zelensky\u2019s press secretary that \u201cthe quote, even if not accurate, reflects the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least he tried. The rest of the media simply ran with it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky turned down an offer from the US to evacuate from the capital city Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in Britain said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>According to the embassy, Zelensky said: \u201cThe fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IR8gBPu7a5\">https:\/\/t.co\/IR8gBPu7a5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cnnbrk\/status\/1497526056923897857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time stories coming out of Ukraine had proven to be completely orchestrated in an effort to drum up emotional support from the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Around the same time as the Zelensky \u2018ammunition\u2019 quote, a story was developing about a defiant group of 13 Ukrainian border guards defending Snake Island in the Black Sea who reportedly told a Russian warship to \u201cgo f*** yourself\u201d after being ordered to surrender.<\/p>\n<p>The 13 Ukrainian border guards were initially widely reported as killed as the Russian warship opened fire with barreled guns and aircraft bombing Snake Island.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said during a press briefing that the guards died \u201cheroes\u201d and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior official claims that a famous quote by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky appears to be fake news, war propaganda.\u00a0 The quote about needing ammunition helped catapult his credentials as a defiant wartime leader. 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