(Kiev) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday invited Europeans with combat experience to travel to Ukraine to fight the Russian army, blaming their leaders for a too “slow” response to the invasion of Moscow.
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“If you have combat experience and you don’t want to watch the indecision of your politicians anymore, you can come to our country to defend Europe,” Zelensky said.
These statements come as Ukrainian forces are trying to repel a Russian offensive launched on Thursday. On Friday, fighting took place in and around Kiev, the capital.
The European Union and the United States announced new sanctions against Moscow on Thursday, without however taking the measures deemed the harshest such as an exclusion from the Swift interbank messaging system.
“How are you going to defend yourselves if you are so slow to help Ukraine? “, launched Mr. Zelensky to the address of the Europeans.
“Cancel visas for Russians? Logout [du réseau interbancaire] SWIFT? Total isolation from Russia? Recall of ambassadors? Oil embargo? Today, everything must be on the table, because it is a threat for all of us, all of Europe,” he added.
“Europe is strong enough to stop this aggression,” he insisted.