Zelensky recalls in his 'rerelease' at the UN that Putin wants to "snatch their land" from the Ukrainians: "We must act together"

Although the image gives the scene a certain normality, there is nothing normal around Ukraine right now, and not even Volodymyr Zelensky's first appearance before the UN General Assembly in person since the war began this Tuesday.. The Ukrainian president is half bunkered, and wants to maintain the morale of his allies so that support against Russia does not decline. “Unity can avoid wars,” he began by saying after being applauded by the plenary, before speaking directly about war in its broadest sense.

Zelensky began by remembering World War II, and assured that compared to this “other wars are less scary” and recalled that the 20th century warned the world of the “dangers” of nuclear arsenals.. “The final war will be the one after which we cannot meet in this assembly,” he said, before recalling that Ukraine “got rid of its nuclear arsenal,” something that Russia has not done.. “Nuclear weapons are the scariest,” he said, focusing on Vladimir Putin; “they threaten to use them against all their countries.”

“Since the beginning of the war, Ukrainian ports have been blocked by Russia, and its attempt to use food shortages as a weapon is clear,” continued the Ukrainian leader, dressed in his now typical green uniform.. “The impact of this is being felt throughout the world,” he assumed, while thanking the support for the Black Sea cereal initiative, an issue that has led to a clash between Kiev and countries such as Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.. “It was necessary for our cereal to be available in the markets,” Zelensky remarked, giving great importance to “food security.”

In a slow tone, Zelensky lamented that “some of our friends in Europe show solidarity on the political scene but at the same time it seems that they are playing by their own rules,” when, he said, what they are really doing is “paving the way for it.” to Moscow. Now, the threat is “even greater” because the Kremlin continues to insist on the “nuclear threat”. For Zelensky, Putin wants to attack the world from different fronts: “The global security architecture does not protect us from radiation risks, nor is there accountability.”

The Ukrainian president also recounted from New York the kidnappings of children as another of the traces of the invasion and wants these minors to “return to their homes” but “time passes” and Zelensky wonders “what is going to happen to them” while They are “indoctrinated in Russia to hate Ukraine”. In this sense, he accused Putin of “spreading hatred” and starting “from time to time a new war”, with the “phagocytation” of Belarus, for example.. The current objective, he said, is to “tear away our land” to use it “against you.”

“The aggressor leaves dust, ashes and ruins”. Zelensky looked at the Assembly listing the effects of the conflict. “We must stop it, we must act together to put an end to the aggressor,” asked the Ukrainian leader and then address all the global challenges that arise.. This is not, for Zelensky, a rivalry between the great powers, but rather the action has to be “for everyone.”. At the same time, the Ukrainian leader once again put his peace plans on the table to “guarantee the full powers of the rules-based order”; Zelensky will present this formula precisely this Wednesday. “It is a global solution, which aims to end all types of weapons that Russia uses.”

These approaches, he argued, should be useful for any territory that may be attacked in the future and he also embarked on preparing a summit specifically for peace.. “I know there are some who want to get some shady deals; let them ask Prighozin what happened to him. “We want everything to be decided openly,” he commented with a much harsher tone.. “We have to be united,” he repeated, before ending his message – shorter than expected – with a resounding “up Ukraine.”

The conflict continues to leave its mark

This speech, furthermore, was given while the war continues its course, slowly but unstoppable.. On Monday night, Ukrainian anti-aircraft defenses shot down 27 of the 30 Shahed kamikaze drones that Russia launched against Ukrainian territory, according to the Ukrainian Air Force on its social networks.

The drones were launched from the territory of the Russian Federation located in the southeast of Ukraine, and intercepted in different oblasts in the south, center and west of the country, added the Air Force, which also reported the firing of an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the occupied Crimean peninsula in the direction of Krivi Rig, southeastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, days ago the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, recalled the obvious: the West – and the world – has to prepare for a long war.