Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reacted to the capture of the city of Rostov by the Wagner paramilitary group as an example of Russia’s self-destruction following its decision to invade Ukrainian territory.
“Whoever chooses the path of evil destroys himself,” Zelensky said on his Twitter account, in his first statement after what happened.
“Russia has long used propaganda to mask the weakness and stupidity of its government,” he said.
“Russia’s weakness is obvious,” Zelensky said in an initial public response to events in the neighboring country. “The longer Russia keeps its troops and mercenaries on our land, the more chaos, pain and trouble it will create for itself,” the Ukrainian head of state added.
Zelensky, without naming him, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “choosing the path of evil” and thereby “destroying himself”.
“He sends columns of soldiers to destroy lives in other countries and cannot prevent them from fleeing and betraying him when they meet resistance,” Zelensky wrote in his note, published on Telegram.
“He despises the people and sends hundreds of thousands into war, eventually hiding in a barricade near Moscow from those whom he himself armed,” Zelensky said, referring to the Wagner group, which revolts after seizing power. has won. his leading role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
After Putin’s speech on the uprising, in which he compared Wagner’s attempt to the Bolshevik revolution that shocked Russia in 1917 when it was still raging in World War I, Zelensky said that the current course of the Russian Federation can only lead to a similar horizon . that time.
“We keep our strength, our unity,” Zelensky concluded in his message, repeating, “All our commanders and all our soldiers know what to do”.
“All this comes from one person, who scared us again and again with the year 1917, knowing that it couldn’t be anything but this,” Zelensky added.
Source: DN
