Ukrainian President Zelensky denounces Putin's 'madness' at UN, calls for sanctions to be maintained

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced on Wednesday, at the UN, the murderous “madness” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, urging his allies to maintain sanctions against Moscow, the only way to turn off the tap of war. “It’s crazy,” he said. “He is patient zero, the one from whom this idea of ​​war continues to spread,” he denounced, calling out to the international community the fate of the tens of thousands of soldiers from 47 countries, including North Korea, sent to support Russian soldiers. “Is there anyone left who thinks he is reasonable and moderate?” he continued.

In contrast, he reported two North Korean soldiers taken prisoner by Ukraine and sent to South Korea. Faced with this spiral, “our target is Russia's capacity to finance this war, to prolong it, to make it more brutal and more destructive,” he stressed. “When Russia has money, it always says no, no to diplomacy, and this is also a form of veto against peace, not an official right, but a real one.”

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The Ukrainian president also criticized France, which put pressure on Brussels to lift sanctions against Russian oligarch Alisher Ousmanov, close to Vladimir Putin, in exchange for the release of a Frenchman detained in Azerbaijan. “When someone in the world weakens sanctions against Russian oligarchs, it may make life more comfortable for rich Russians, but it also gives more time for war, more time for Putin.” “Russia’s revenues must therefore remain a target,” he insisted.