From: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the United Nations Security Council on September 24 that Russia can only be “forced” into peace, and denounced Iran and North Korea as “accomplices” who have helped Moscow by providing weapons it has used in attacks on Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has “broken so many international norms and rules that he won’t stop on his own, Russia can only be forced into peace, and that is exactly what’s needed — forcing Russia into peace as the sole aggressor in this war, the sole violator of the UN Charter,” Zelenskiy said.
Zelenskiy said the idea of talking with Putin would be “insanity” as he also criticized Russia for making Iran and North Korea “de facto accomplices in its criminal war in Europe, with their weapons killing us, killing Ukrainians.”
Before the meeting, Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that the Russian delegation did not intend to listen to “cloned speeches” criticizing Moscow for its aggression against Ukraine. But Nebenzya did not leave the hall during Zelenskiy’s speech.
Zelenskiy earlier on September 24 called on Washington to take “decisive” action to bring the end of the war closer as Russia launched a fresh series of strikes on Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing three people.
“The targets of the Russian bombs were an apartment building, a bakery, a stadium. In other words, the everyday life of ordinary people,” Zelenskiy saidon X. “Russia is a terrorist, and it proves this every day with its own actions, with its choice to wage war, and attempts to expand it.”
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