With the ballistic missile strike on the Dnipro River, Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin has admitted that he has taken the second step this year to escalate the war. The president said this in his evening address, UNN reports.
Today, Putin admitted that he has taken the second step this year to escalate, to expand this war. A new ballistic missile was used. Putin hit our city of Dnipro, one of the largest cities in Ukraine. This is a clear and serious increase in the scale and brutality of this war, a cynical violation of the UN Charter by Russia. And let me emphasize: this is Russia's second step towards escalation in a year. The first step was the involvement of North Korea in the war against Ukraine - a contingent of at least 11,000 soldiers
Zelenskyy noted that the Russian dictator took both of these steps, ignoring everyone in the world who calls for not expanding the war. He also added that the Russian dictator does not care what China, Brazil, European countries, America, and all other countries of the world are calling for. Putin is the only one who started this war, a completely unprovoked war, and who is doing everything to keep the war going for more than a thousand days.
Today's ballistic missile against Ukraine is yet another proof that Russia definitely does not want peace. And Putin is lying when he says that Ukraine's alleged use of long-range weapons is somehow a new step. This is not the first time we have used these weapons. And we have every right to do so under international law; our right to self-defense is the same as that of any other nation. And when Russian missiles are hitting our cities, when Iranian "shahids" are attacking Ukraine every night, when a contingent from North Korea is deployed on our border, Putin is not only making the war longer, he is simply spitting in the face of those in the world who really want peace to be restored,
The Ukrainian president said that the world should react to this. He emphasized that there is no strong reaction from the world right now. He also noted that Putin is very sensitive to this and he is testing European leaders.
It is obvious to everyone who is the only culprit in this war, who started this war on February 24 and is investing all his resources in keeping the war going. It must be stopped. If there is no tough reaction to Russia's actions, it means that they see that it is possible. That's what Putin is doing,
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