Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on European leaders to support the "UN peacekeeping operation" in Ukraine, as well as sanctions against Moscow with an embargo on oil and gas trade. It is reported by TASS.
Zelensky said that “strong economic and financial sanctions should be immediately adopted”: “disconnect from SWIFT, impose an embargo on oil and gas trade, help the army with weapons and ammunition, support the UN peacekeeping operation.”
Zelensky demanded security guarantees and a European perspective.
“We waited at the open door for a long time. We asked about membership in NATO - there was no answer. Now we need international legal guarantees of security, a clear European perspective, quick and concrete actions,” the Ukrainian leader said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of Russia and Ukraine early in the morning on February 24 about the situation in Ukraine.
“We have not been left with the opportunity to protect Russia, except for the one we use today ... I have decided to conduct a special military operation,” Putin said, adding that the purpose of this operation is to protect people.
“And for this we will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine,” the president said.
Putin said that the actions of the Russian Federation are self-defense against the threats created for the country, and Russia cannot simply watch what is happening.
According to him, Russia has been trying for 30 years to agree on the non-expansion of NATO to the East and faced deceit, attempts to pressure and blackmail. Now the “NATO war machine” is coming close to the borders of Russia.
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