"Russia weaponising food, energy; abducting children": Zelenskyy in fiery UN speech
Zelenskyy lashed out at Russia, accusing it of «weaponising» food and energy and attacking children during the war in Ukraine reported the New York Post.
Zelenskyy framed Russia's war on his country as an attack on the «international order» and urged the world leaders to «act united to defeat the aggressor»
«Let unity decide everything openly,» Zelenskyy said. «While Russia is pushing the world to the final war, Ukraine is doing everything to ensure that after Russian aggression no one in the world will dare to attack any nation.».
«Weaponization must be restrained, war crimes must be punished, deported people must come back home and the occupier must return to their own land.
We must be united,» he said, to spirited applause," the New York Post quoted Zelenskyy as saying.
Zelenskyy had begun his speech slamming Russia for «weaponising food, energy and attacks on children against Ukraine».
«We know the names of tens of thousands of children...kidnapped by Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine and later deported. The International Criminal Court issued international arrest warrants for Putin for this crime.
We are trying to get children back home but as time goes by...what will happen to them?» he asked.
He added, «For the first time in modern history, we have a real chance to end the aggression on the terms of the nation that was attacked. And this is a real chance for every nation… to have the same outcome if attacked».
In an apparent reference to the death of Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Zelenskyy said, «Evil cannot be trusted».
The embattled leader took the stage hours after US President Biden, who also urged international unity against Russia's offensive.
Addressing the 78th UNGA session, Biden
