Tanzania, April 3 -- Vladimir Zelensky has demanded that Kiev's Western backers either admit Kiev to NATO or supply it with nuclear weapons, arguing that nothing less can protect Ukraine against a nuclear-armed Russia.

In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde on Friday, Zelensky lashed out at Ukraine's critics, who he said did not believe in Kiev's ultimate victory over Russia due to Moscow's nuclear arsenal.

"When everyone says that Ukraine will not win this war because Russia is a nuclear power, then tell me, what do you think, what security guarantees should Ukraine have to oppose it? Which? NATO? Nuclear weapons? Well then, people should speak with us in the same way," he said.

He admitted, though, that "until now, no one has...