Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky implored foreign leaders to continue supporting his country as Russia's war drags on during his Tuesday address in front of the United Nations General Assembly.
At the beginning of his comments, Zelensky said defeating Russian aggression is bigger than just for Ukraine's sovereignty due to the Russian forces' targeting of grains, which has raised food prices globally, as well as their"weaponization of energy," as he described their attempts to block gas and oil supply to European countries.
The"Kremlin weaponized oil and gas to weaken the leaders of other countries," he said, adding that"now, now, this threat is even greater." "Each decade, Russia starts a new war. Parts of Moldova and Georgia remain occupied. Russia turned Syria into ruins. And if not Russia, the chemical weapons would have never been used there in Syria. Russia has almost swallowed Belarus. It is obviously threatening Kazakhstan and other Baltic States. And the goal of the present war against Ukraine is to tear our land, our people, our lives, our resources into a weapon against you, against the international rules-based order.
"Each Ukrainian advancement, every inch of reclaimed territory only happens because of the bravery, the honor, and the incredible sacrifice made by the Ukrainian people in their military," he said in Germany alongside Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin."Ukraine continues to make deliberate, steady progress in liberating their homeland from Russian occupation. To date, Ukraine has liberated over 54% of Russian-occupied Ukraine, and they continue to retain the strategic initiative.
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