Zelenskiy tells G20 leaders ‘Ukraine war must end now’
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15 November, 2022 12:07 pm IST
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The time has come to bring the war in Ukraine to an end, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told G20 leaders in a video address, but he added this was only possible if Russia affirmed the full territorial integrity of Ukraine.
"I am convinced now is the time when the Russian destructive war must and can be stopped," Volodymyr Zelensky said, adding,"It will save thousands of lives."
Speaking in Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky addressed leaders including China's Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden while Russian president Vladimir Putin- having shunned the gathering- was not in the room.
Volodymyr Zelensky slammed "the crazy threats of nuclear weapons that Russian officials resort to", referring to dark rhetoric by Putin that has made even Beijing uncomfortable.
"There are and cannot be any excuses for nuclear blackmail," he said, pointedly thanking the "G19"- excluding Russia- for "making this clear".
The Ukrainian president also accused Russia – represented at the summit by its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, rather than Putin – of trying to turn “the cold into a weapon” with a campaign of strikes against key infrastructure. “If Russia is trying to deprive Ukraine, Europe and all energy consumers in the world of predictability and price stability, the answer to this should be a forced limitation of export prices for Russia,” he said.
The Ukrainian leader also called for the expansion and indefinite extension of a grain deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that will expire on Saturday.
“If Russia is trying to deprive Ukraine, Europe and all energy consumers in the world of predictability and price stability, the answer to this should be a forced limitation of export prices for Russia,” Volodymyr Zelensky said. "We will have to fight longer to liberate Ukrainian land", Zelensky added.
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