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Zelensky at UN General Assembly: Ukraine cannot agree to delayed war because it to be hotter than current one
KYIV. Sept 22 (Interfax-Ukraine) – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia was afraid of real negotiations and would like to slow down its retreat.
"Russia is afraid of real negotiations and does not want to fulfill any fair international obligations. It lies to everyone. As it is typical for aggressors, for terrorists," he said on Wednesday, speaking via video link at the UN General Assembly.
"Even now, when Russia talks about negotiations, it only wants to slow down its retreat. Russia wants to spend the winter on the occupied territory of Ukraine and prepare forces to attempt a new offensive. New Buchas, new Izyums… Or at least it wants to prepare fortifications on occupied land and carry out military mobilization at home," he said.
"We cannot agree to a delayed war. Because it will be even hotter than the war now," the president said.
He gave examples of the cruel crimes committed by Russian soldiers in Izium. "The bodies of women and men, children and adults, civilians and soldiers were found there. 445 graves. There is a family that died under the rubble of a house after a Russian airstrike – father, mother, 6- and 8-year-old girls, grandparents. There is a man who was strangled with a rope. There is a woman with broken ribs and wounds on her body. There is a man who was castrated before the murder, and this is not the first case," the president said, adding: "Ask, please, the representatives of Russia why the Russian military are so obsessed with castration. What was done to them so that they want to do this to others?"
"Every state suffering the armed aggression needs the opportunity to protect its citizens and liberate its territory. If it requires help with weapons or shells – they should be provided. If you need financial help for this, it should be given. If for this, it is necessary to help with the intelligence data – just do it," the president said.
"That is why we need defense support – weapons, military equipment and shells. Offensive weapons, a long-range one is enough to liberate our land, and defensive systems, above all, air defense. And we need financial support – to keep internal stability and fulfill social obligations to our people," Zelensky said.
