The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, declared that he does not believe that Moscow will use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, during an interview with the German channel Bild TV, after the Russian head of state threatened this possibility.
“I don’t think these weapons are used. I don’t think the world will allow that to happen,” the Ukrainian head of state said in excerpts from the interview.
In a speech broadcast today, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of citizens [300 mil reservistas] in Russia to support its war effort in Ukraine and threatened the West with the use of nuclear weapons.
“Tomorrow Putin will be able to say: we want a part of Poland in addition to Ukraine, otherwise we will use nuclear weapons,” the Ukrainian president stressed.
“We cannot accept that kind of compromise,” Zelensky said.
Ukraine “will continue its offensive,” Zelensky declared, saying he was still “sure that it will liberate the territories” occupied by Russia.
Vladimir Putin “wants to drown Ukraine in blood, including that of his own soldiers,” added the Ukrainian head of state about the partial mobilization decreed by the Russian president.
“[Putin] He needs an army of several million people to come to us, because he knows that most of those who come are fleeing,” added the Ukrainian head of state, referring to desertions in the Russian army.
“We already know that they mobilized cadets, boys who did not know how to fight. They couldn’t even complete their training,” he added.
Volodymyr Zelensky also called Russia’s planned annexation referendum in the occupied territories of Ukraine a farce.
“Ninety percent of states will not recognize them,” Zelensky added.
The authorities of the pro-Russian breakaway territories in the Ukrainian region of Donbass have announced that they will hold referendums from September 23 to 27 to decide on their annexation by Russia.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.2 million to European countries-, according to the most recent data from the UN, which places this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 5,916 civilian deaths and 8,616 wounded, highlighting that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
