Appeals by Zelensky
Today I initiated a telephone conversat..
🕑 Added 2022-02-24 18:16:58 +0000 UTC
Appeals by Zelensky
Today I initiated a telephone conversation with the president of the Russian Federation. the result is silence... although, silence should be in Donbass. I want to address all Russian citizens not as president, I address Russian citizens as a citizen of Ukraine.
We are separated with you by more than 2000 km of common border. your troops, almost 200 000 soldiers, 1000 combat vehicles. your leadership approved their step forward, to the territory of another country, this step can be the beginning of a big war on the European continent. the whole world is talking about what can happen from day to day today. the cause can arise at any moment, any flash-flash that can burn everything. you are told that this flame will bring liberation to the people of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian people are free, they are free in their past and build their own future, build and not destroy-as they tell you every day on tv. Ukraine in your news and Ukraine in real life are two completely different countries. The main difference is that ours is real...
They tell you that we are Nazis ... how can people who gave over 8000000 lives to defeat Nazism support Nazism ... how can I be a Nazi? Tell that to my grandfather, who fought in the infantry of the Soviet army, and died as a colonel in independent Ukraine. They tell you that we hate Russian culture... how can you hate culture, any culture? Neighbors always enrich each other culturally, but that does not make them one, does not dissolve us into you. we are different, but that is no reason to be enemies. we want to define and build our own history peacefully, calmly, honestly. I come to attack Donbass shoot, bomb, no questions asked...-though the questions are very simple: shoot at whom? what to bomb? Donetsk?! I've seen Artem's face, Artem's eyes dozens of times. I walked with friends in Shcherbakov Park, cheered on our Ukrainian guys at the Euro, where we drank together when our guys lost. Luhansk?! at home, where my best friend's mother lives? the place where my best friend's father is buried? notice that I speak Russian now, but no one in Russia understands what these street names, these names, these events are alien, unfamiliar. this is our land, this is our history. What will you fight and with whom? Many of you have been to Ukraine, many of you have relatives in Ukraine, someone studied at Ukrainian universities. You are friends with Ukrainians. Those who know our people, in principle, know what we value. Listen to yourselves, to common sense. Hear us! The people of Ukraine want peace! The government of Ukraine wants peace and is doing everything it can, we are not alone - this is the truth. Many countries are ready to support Ukraine in this. why? because it is not about peace at any price, it is about peace and the principles of justice, international law, the right to self-determination, the right to determine our own future. society for the safety of every person to live without threats - it is all important for us, it is all important for peace. I know exactly what's important to us, we know exactly that we don't need a war, not a cold one, not a hot one, not a hybrid one, but if troops come at us, if they try to take our country, our freedom, our lives, the lives of our children from us, we will defend ourselves, not attack, defend ourselves. When attacking you will see our faces, not our backs- our faces. War...This misfortune has a big price, in all senses, people lose money, reputation and life, they lose freedom. but most importantly, people lose their loved ones in war. which is more than enough-the pain, the dirt, the bl ood death. 1000 deaths . Ukraine can pose a threat to Russia? it was not in the past, it is not now and will not be in the future. you demand security guarantees and we demand guarantees of our security, Ukraine's security from Russia and other guarantors of the Budapest memorandum. Ukraine's security is linked to the security of our neighbors, today we need to talk about the security of all Europe, but our main goal - Ukraine and the security of our Ukrainian citizens. for this we are ready to talk to everyone, including you, in different formats and on any platform, war will deprive all guarantors. Who is in danger-people. who does not want it most of all-people. who can prevent it-people. are these people among you? I am sure there are public figures, journalists, scientists, doctors, bloggers, ticktockers and many other ordinary people. ordinary, ordinary people, men, women, old people, children, fathers and most importantly, mothers. just like the people in Ukraine, just like the authorities in Ukraine. I know that my appeal will not be shown on Russian TV, but Russian citizens should see it and they should know the truth, and they should stop before it is too late. If Russia's leadership does not want to sit down with us for peace, maybe it will sit down with you? Do Russians want war?
