‘Ukraine is only first’: Zelenskyy warns against Putin’s expansionist goals

Ukraine’s person urges planetary enactment against what helium says are Russia’s plans to grow warfare crossed Europe successful his code astatine the UN General Assembly.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the satellite is successful “the astir destructive arms contention successful history” arsenic helium calls connected the planetary assemblage to enactment against Russia now, asserting successful his code to the United Nations General Assembly that President Vladimir Putin wants to grow his warfare successful Europe.

“Ukraine is lone the first, and present Russian drones are already flying crossed Europe, and Russian operations are already spreading crossed countries, and Putin wants to proceed this warfare by expanding it,” Zelenskyy said connected Wednesday astatine UN office successful New York.

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The Ukrainian president’s code was 1 of the astir anticipated astatine this year’s UNGA aft Russia has repeatedly breached European Union airspace, investigating the NATO confederation connected its eastbound flank.

Moscow has denied the claims of incursions into NATO members’ airspace, accusing European powers of levying baseless accusations.

Zelenskyy’s comments came a time aft helium met with United States President Donald Trump, who expressed enactment for Ukraine’s efforts and criticised Russia.

Trump said connected Tuesday that helium believed Ukraine could triumph backmost each the territory it has mislaid to Russia, a melodramatic shift from the US leader’s repeated calls for Kyiv to marque concessions to extremity the war.

“Yesterday, we had a bully meeting. President Trump and I besides spoke with galore different beardown leaders, and together, we tin alteration a lot. … I admit the enactment we are receiving,” Zelenskyy told UNGA.

Despite expressing his concerns implicit the planetary arms race, the Ukrainian person said weapons volition marque the quality successful the warfare with Russia, not planetary law.

“If a federation wants peace, it inactive has to enactment connected weapons. It’s sick, but that’s the reality,” Zelenskyy said. “Not planetary law, not practice – weapons determine who survives.”

Highlighting the usage of artificial quality (AI), Zelenskyy said determination would beryllium nary “place near connected Earth that’s inactive safe” if determination are nary “real information guarantees” and a beardown level for planetary security.

“We request planetary rules present for however AI tin beryllium utilized successful weapons, and this is conscionable arsenic urgent arsenic preventing the dispersed of atomic weapons,” helium said portion calling for planetary practice to beryllium restored.

Zelenskyy warns astir Moldova

The Ukrainian president warned that the Kremlin is threatening neighbouring Moldova’s independency with an alleged crippled to disturbance home unrest.

Russian troops proceed to beryllium deployed successful Moldova’s breakaway portion of Transnistria, agelong stoking concerns that Russia could invade the state of 2.3 cardinal people.

“Europe cannot spend to suffer Moldova too,” Zelenskyy said.

“For Europe, supporting Moldova’s stableness is not costly, but failing to bash truthful volition travel astatine a overmuch higher price. That’s wherefore the EU needs to assistance Moldova present with backing and vigor support, not conscionable words oregon governmental gestures,” helium added.