Russian evil will lose when our peace formula prevails – Zelensky

KYIV. Oct 6 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Russian evil will lose when Ukraine’s peace formula prevails, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

"We must implement our peace formula. I presented it in my speech at the UN General Assembly. […] The first is to punish the aggressor. Increase sanctions against Russia. Stop any cooperation with Russia and its companies. Exclude it from all international organizations or at least suspend its membership, its ability to distort the activities of international institutions – first of all, the UN," he said in a video address at the summit of the European Political Community on Thursday.

According to the head of state, "in order to punish the aggressor, we need a Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression by Russia against Ukraine and an international compensation mechanism that will force Russia to compensate for the damages they caused."

Zelensky also mentioned assistance to Ukraine among the components of the peace formula.

"By helping us, each of your states is helping itself. Look at the battlefield in Ukraine now – it is such an intense war that the absolute majority of states simply would not be able to wage it. And that is why this war must be won now – in Ukraine," he said.

"So that the Russian fleet cannot block other ports in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea or any other sea. So that Russian tanks do not advance on Warsaw or again on Prague. So that Russian artillery does not fire at the Baltic states. So that Russian missiles do not hit the territory of Finland or any other country. Such a threat exists. We reduce such a threat every day when we destroy the occupiers in Ukraine," the president said.

The third point of the peace formula is the restoration of security and territorial integrity.

According to Zelensky, Ukraine needs security guarantees before it joins NATO and on this path.

"And we will do it. We will also do it together with you. Our proposals for security guarantees are presented to partners," he said.

"In 225 days of full-scale war, we have all already shown that Europe can influence the issues of war and peace. But now – all together – we must ensure that the formula for war is completely blocked and the formula for peace is fully implemented," Zelensky said.

He recalled that today Russia launched another airstrike on Ukrainian cities.

"It used Iranian drones again. By the way, they are used every day, and so far Iran says every day that there are allegedly no such drones here. And again hit with rockets. Unfortunately, there are victims again – dead and wounded people, burnt houses. In Zaporizhia, after the first missile strike today, when people came to clear the debris, Russia launched a second missile strike… Absolute meanness. Absolute evil. There have already been thousands of manifestations of such evil. Unfortunately, there may be thousands more," Zelensky said.

"But the day will come when Russian evil will lose. This will be the very day when our peace formula will prevail. When we will fully use all the possibilities of our unity," he said.