Thread by @zoyashef

New Zelenskyy. He looks so exhausted; he sounds so exhausted. Starts in Ukrainian to talk about Russia's attacks on Mariupol, warns about Russian disinfo. Switches to Russian: "Russian propagandists today notably came alive, and they're trying very hard." 1/11

"Probably to cover up their army's crimes in Ukraine. Crimes against Mariupol. Against Donbas. Against Kharkiv. Against dozens of other cities. To cover up with new accusations. New, old fakes. They're blaming us, again us." 2/

"As if we're developing biological weapons. As if we're preparing a chemical attack. This really worries me, because more than once we have found if you want to find out Russia's plans, you should look at what Russia is accusing others of." 3/

"The spread of this disinformation in Russian social media, shows this is what they are capable of. Russia army, Russian services, shows this is what they want. They're already done these things in other countries. They announced it themselves, then organised it themselves." 4/

"Then complained themselves. And they will do this again, again and again, if they aren't stopped. The way they ripped Transnistria from Moldova, Ossetia was ripped from Georgia, our Crimea and Donbas were ripped from Ukraine." 5/

"And they blame us, those who have become victims, those who are forced to defend themselves, fight for their right to live. They come here with tanks and rockets, and take what belongs to others, to us. They take it." 6/

"They hide it from their own people, that they're sending conscripts to this war, just to increase the forces. And we're being blamed. We're the ones being blamed, as if we've attacked a peaceful Russia. And what now?" 7/

"What does it mean, that we're being accused of preparing chemical attacks? Have you decided to conduct a dechemicalisation of Ukraine? With what? With ammonia? With phosphorus? What else have you prepared for us?" 8/

"What do you plan to hit with chemical weapons? A maternity hospital in Maripul? A church in Kharkiv? A children's hospital ... Or a laboratory, most of which are from Soviet times and do regular science, regular. Not war technology." 9/

"We're adequate people. I'm the president of an adequate people. An adequate people. I am the father of two children. And there is no chemical or any other weapon of mass destruction is being developed on our land." 10/

"And the whole world knows this. You know this. And if you do something similar to us, you will get the harshest sanctions response." 11/11

Watch here: t.me/V_Zelenskiy_of…

Note on translation as have seen the question asked. "Adequate" is a Russian word that's very hard to translate literally. It akin to good, honest, decent, normal. It's not another word for "average".

Note on Zelenskyy being "exhausted". Exhausted does not equate to weak. Zelenskyy is exhausted because he hasn't slept for two weeks. He is obviously the exact opposite of weak. He is steel. Honestly can't believe I have to explain that to some people. 🙄🙄🙄