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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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Oct 23

Today, I addressed EU leaders at European Council meeting at a very important moment—a time when Russia is actively trying to turn the cold weather into weapon.

Ukraine knows what to do to prevent the worst scenarios. And this requires decisive and urgent collective action.

The Russians want Ukraine to enter winter in a blackout. Most of the Russian missile and drone strikes are aimed at destroying normal life in our cities and communities—to force people to flee or to leave them completely without electricity.

Yesterday, in the city of Kharkiv, Russian drones struck a kindergarten. This wasn’t a mistake or accident—several drones intentionally hit that place. Luckily, children were saved.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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Oct 5

Russia is openly trying to destroy our civilian infrastructure right now, ahead of winter – our gas infrastructure, our power generation and transmission. Zero real reaction from the world. We will fight so that the world does not remain silent and so that Russia feels the response.

Every Russian missile and every Russian attack drone also contains parts that are still being supplied to Russia from Western countries and various countries close to Russia. Now, in the fourth year of the full-scale war, it is simply strange to hear anyone claim they don’t know how to stop the flow of critical components.

A single Russian Kinzhal missile contains 96 foreign-made components, many of them truly critical ones that Russia does not produce itself. The nearly 500 drones the Russians used overnight contain over 100,000 foreign-made parts.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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Sep 29

I addressed the Warsaw Security Forum: Ukraine proposes to Poland and all partners to build a joint, reliable shield against Russian aerial threats. Ukraine can counter all types of drones and missiles. Together, we will have enough weapons and production capacity for this.

Today, we remember the words of Jerzy Giedroyc: without a free Ukraine, there can be no free Poland. Russians never stop at just one country. History has shown this many times.

Now it is Ukrainians who have stopped Russia, and this matters. This makes it possible to hold Russia back elsewhere – where they want to break through.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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Sep 24

Today, no one but ourselves can guarantee security. Only strong alliances. Only strong partners, only our own weapons. The 21st century isn’t much different from the past. If a nation wants peace, it still has to work on weapons. It’s sick but real. Weapons decide who survives.

International law doesn’t work fully unless you have powerful friends willing to stand up for it. And even that doesn’t work without weapons. There are no security guarantees except friends and weapons. That’s why we invest in defense.

What can Sudan, Somalia, Palestine – any people living through war – really expect from the UN or the global system? For decades, just statements. Even everything happening in Gaza remains without a way out. Even now, Syria still has to appeal to the world to ease the sanctions choking its economy.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

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Sep 23

I addressed the UN Security Council. We must admit – the world’s attention to the UN is fading. The Organization has less influence, and too often there is a lack of real decisions on fundamental issues. The tools are not working now. But they will, if you are active.

I thank the Republic of Korea for this Security Council meeting and the chance to call for peace. Today there must be a clear call for peace. But here is one of the main distortions of our time: whom must we call to peace, and on whom must we press to achieve it?

One permanent member of this Council is doing everything to prolong the largest war in Europe since WWII. Russia does this with impunity using its veto power, buying influence, and keeping peace on hold.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

@ZelenskyyUa

Sep 23

At the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children Summit at the leaders’ level I said: this year we’ll introduce a resolution condemning child abduction and deportation. Forcibly taking children to re-educate for another nation is a crime. The UN must say this clearly.

I hope this format will bring progress in solving a very sensitive issue – the fate of Ukrainian children. Thousands are victims of Russia’s double crime: abducted and deported, and now tries to steal their culture, character, their bond with family, and their identity.

Maybe not everyone is a parent. But everyone knows how quickly children grow, how precious every moment is, how fragile their first steps in life can be. The greatest gift is a normal childhood. The lowest crime – replacing it with war and its cruelty. We need real results – the actual return of all abducted children.

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