Ukrainian president also urges Europe to ‘stand up to Russia’ and warns against any half-baked peace deal. What we know on day 1,453
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denounced Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “slave to war” in a speech to the Munich Security Conference Saturday, adding that Russia’s attacks had damaged every power plant in the country. Zelenskyy was speaking days before the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s invasion. Russia and Ukraine will hold US-brokered talks next week, and Zelensky said Kyiv was doing “everything” to end the war.
Ukraine wants security guarantees for a minimum of 20 years from the US before it can sign a peace deal with dignity, Zelenskyy said ahead of talks next week with Russia and the US. Speaking in Munich on Saturday, he also called for a clear date for Ukraine to be allowed to join the EU. Some EU officials have put the date as early as 2027. The upcoming talks will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.
In an earlier speech, he said that “none of our people chose to be heroes” as he described the everyday life under Russian attacks urged Europe to “stand up to Russia” and warned against any half-baked deal with Russia saying it would be an “illusion” to think it would stop Putin from attacking again in the future.
