President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the civilised world to increase pressure on Vladimir Putin's regime in order to bring Russia's war against Ukraine to an end before it surpasses World War II in duration.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)
Quote: "Today, as every year on June 22, there will be a lot of grandstanding in Russia about World War II, about one of its bloodiest chapters – Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. A time that for Ukraine has always been a reminder of the importance of peace and of paying tribute to millions of innocent victims of World War II. This was the very period in the 20th century that should have forever changed the way every state and the world as a whole view human life – establishing life itself as the true highest value. There would have been no world wars if the leaders of that era had been guided by the value of human life rather than their imperial delusions.
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Yet today, Russia began this day not by honouring those who fell in World War II and not with signals that could help bring the current war – Russia's war against Ukraine – closer to an end. Instead, it began with more completely unjustifiable killings."
