Zelenskyy tells UN that Russia must be forced into peace
Al Jazeera
Ukrainian president stresses Russia, which invaded in February 2022, has been the ‘sole aggressor’ and ‘sole violator’ of the UN Charter.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the United Nations Security Council that negotiations will not be enough to end the war in Ukraine and that Russia needs to be forced into peace.
Zelenskyy told a high-level meeting of the 15-member council in New York that Russian President Vladimir Putin was committing “an international crime” and had broken so many international rules that he would not stop on his own.
“And that’s why this war can’t simply fade away. That’s why this war can’t be calmed by talks,” Zelenskyy said. “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.”
Zelenskyy is aiming to build support among Ukraine’s allies for what he has called a “victory plan” to end the war that began when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
He stressed the war would not end because “someone got tired of the war” or through a trade with Putin, a reference to proposals that Ukraine cede some territory seized by Russia to end the conflict.
