Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made evaluations about the Russia-Ukraine war by connecting to the American CBS television. Saying that Russia’s withdrawal was a tactical power shift, Zelenski stated that Russia made many attempts to take some cities, and that the Russian army caused great destruction in some settlements near Kyiv.
“A MAJOR DECISION”
Stating that he watched too many war movies, Zelenskiy said, “However, we couldn’t imagine anything like this. The decision to destroy an entire country is a maniacal decision.” said.
The Ukrainian leader said that the Russian army, focusing on eastern Ukraine, is building up to connect the Crimea and the Donbass region and has brought Chechens there.
Evaluating the civilian corpses and images of the destruction that emerged in the settlements around Kyiv after the withdrawal of the Russians, Zelenskiy emphasized that Russian President Vladimir Putin and all the commanders involved in these deaths should be put on trial.
Zelenskiy said, “What has been done should be tried fairly and within the framework of the law. I apologize for having to watch these images from you and your audience. made his comment.
“THIS IS A GENOCIDE”
When asked whether what happened in the settlements near Kyiv was “genocide”, Zelenskiy gave the following answer:
“Of course this is a genocide. It is the extermination of the whole nation and people. We are citizens of Ukraine. We have more than a hundred nations. This is about the destruction of all these nations. We are citizens of Ukraine and we do not want to submit to the policy of the Russian Federation. That is why we are destroyed. And that’s happening in 21st century Europe.”
Stating that the war should definitely end, Zelenskiy noted that he would not consent to peace in the event that thousands of people were killed, but that there was no other way.
“I say as a president, if we don’t want hundreds of thousands, millions of people to die, there is no other way but dialogue,” Zelenskiy said. said.
The Ukrainian army, which liberated the city of Bucha, near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, from Russian forces on April 1, encountered a city full of corpses, with its buildings destroyed and its streets.
Ukrainian Prosecutor General Irina Venicetova reported that the bodies of 410 civilians were found in the Kyiv region liberated from the Russian army. (AA)