‘It is time to talk’: Zelenskyy warns Moscow of losses in Ukraine without peace deal – National

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday known as for complete peace talks with Moscow, saying Russia would in any other case want generations to get better from losses suffered through the struggle.

Zelenskyy stated Ukraine had all the time supplied options for peace and needed significant and trustworthy negotiations on peace and safety, directly.

“I would like everybody to listen to me now, particularly in Moscow. The time has come for a gathering, it’s time to discuss,” he stated in a video handle launched within the early hours of Saturday.

“The time has come to revive territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine. In any other case, Russia’s losses might be such that it’s going to take you many generations to get better.”

The 2 sides have been concerned in talks for weeks with no signal of a breakthrough.

Zelenskyy stated Russian forces had been intentionally blocking the availability of humanitarian provides to cities underneath assault.

“It is a deliberate tactic … It is a struggle crime and they’re going to reply for it, 100%,” he stated.

Zelenskyy stated there was no details about how many individuals had died after a theatre within the metropolis of Mariupol, the place a whole bunch of individuals had been sheltering, was struck on Wednesday. Greater than 130 folks had been rescued to this point, he stated.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren and Enhancing by Sandra Maler)