“Come in the name of peace”: Ukraine’s President Zelenskyj has called for protests against the war in his country. He addressed another message to the citizens of Russia.
KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on people around the world to protest publicly on Thursday to mark the start of the war a month ago.
“Come out of your offices, your homes, your schools and universities,” said Zelenskyj in a video speech published on Telegram on Thursday night. “Come in the name of peace, come with Ukrainian symbols to support Ukraine, freedom and life.”
The war that started on February 24 is not only a war against Ukraine, but Russia is trying to destroy the freedom of all people in Europe and the world, Zelenskyy said. Moscow is trying to show “that only gross and cruel violence counts”. That’s why the war opponents should go into the inner cities from Thursday and make themselves visible and audible.
Zelenskyy is aimed at citizens of Russia
Zelenskyj also addressed the citizens of Russia once again in Russian. He is convinced that there are many people there who are already “sick” from the “lies of the propagandists”. The Russian state collects money from its own citizens to pay for lies, to isolate citizens from the world, to make them easier to control and to be able to send them to war more easily. Ukraine has never threatened the security of the Russian Federation and Kyiv is doing everything to end the war. dpa
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