(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 18 – President Volodymyr Zelensky has returned to ask the West for more weapons, describing “any delay” in supplies as “permission for Russia to kill Ukrainians”.
“We are doing everything to ensure the defense – says Zelensky in his latest video message -. We are in constant contact with partners. We are grateful to those who really help with everything they can. But those who have the weapons and ammunition we need and delay in their supply must know that the fate of this battle also depends on them. The fate of the people who can be saved. ” “The 53rd day of the war – continues the Ukrainian president – is over and for 53 days we have been waiting for answers on some points of our requests for weapons. And some answers are formulated so that delivery can begin only in May. I speak directly in these cases. : every military delay, every political delay is a permission for Russia to take the life of the Ukrainians – that’s how Russia interprets it.
In reality it shouldn’t be like that. “
Zelensky invited his allies tonight to further increase sanctions against the Russian banking and financial system which – he says – are extending the ‘ruble zone’ in the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhya, in the south of the country.
“The democratic world must respond to what the occupiers are doing. Torture centers are built there, local authorities and anyone deemed visible to local communities are kidnapped. Teachers are blackmailed, pension money is stolen, aid is stolen. humanitarians are blocked and stolen and people are starving. ” “The occupiers are also trying to split the regions following the example of the so-called separatist republics, transferring this territory to the ruble area and subordinating it to the Russian administrative machine. All this – he concluded – requires greater speed on the part of Western countries in preparing for a powerful new sanctions package “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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