Russo-Ukraine WarUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia’s aggression is an offensive against the whole of Europe and that the more weapons Ukraine gets from the West, the faster it will be able to liberate its occupied lands. He told a news conference that he had discussed further sanctions against Russia and the possibility of post-war reconstruction in Kyiv with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania. Ukraine was grateful for the military delivery on February 24 that helped fight Russia’s incursions and was expected to receive heavy armament, such as new rocket artillery and missile defense systems, Zelensky said.
“Every day a delayed or postponed decision is an opportunity for the Russian military to kill Ukrainians or destroy our cities,” he said. “There is a direct connection: the more powerful weapons we acquire, the faster we can liberate our people, our land.”
“Russian aggression against Ukraine is aggression against the whole of Europe, against the whole of Europe united, against each of us, against our values,” he said.
Earlier, European leaders who visited Kyiv expressed support for Ukraine to be a candidate for membership in the European Union, a show of solidarity that drew heavily from the support of President Volodymyr Zelensky and offset Moscow’s artillery gains. comes amid his call to arms.
Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered his government to come up with new measures to support the domestic car industry, which has seen sales dent since Moscow launched an invasion of Ukraine. “I want to tell the government in detail what steps it is taking to support the auto industry and stabilize the internal market,” Putin said in a meeting with government officials broadcast on state TV. Putin also said that the government needs to focus not only on production issues, but also on how to boost demand despite the economic difficulties facing the country.