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Ukraine: Zelensky calls on Davos for “maximum” sanctions against Russia

2022-05-23T12:35:34.656Z


The Ukrainian president wants to set a precedent so that "any other potential aggressor who wants to wage a brutal war against his


He asks to be even firmer with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Monday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos (Switzerland) for more weapons and "maximum" sanctions against Russia.

In particular, he calls for a complete cessation of trade with this country, which invaded his own at the end of February.

“The sanctions (…) should be maximum so that Russia and any other potential aggressor who wants to wage a brutal war against its neighbor clearly knows the immediate consequences of its actions”, he said during a videoconference. at the WEF annual meeting.

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“There should be no trade with Russia,” he insisted, calling among other things for “an embargo on Russian oil” and measures against “all Russian banks, without exception” and calling for “creating a precedent for the complete withdrawal of all foreign companies from the Russian market”.

“Ukraine needs all the weapons we ask for”

The United States and the United Kingdom have given up importing Russian oil.

But the European Union, some countries of which are very dependent on Russian hydrocarbons, is struggling to come to an agreement.

“We understand that Europe is trying to estimate the cost this will have for its economy.

But on the other side, there is Ukraine, there is a real war,” insisted Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who also came to Davos.

“Russia wants to destroy Ukraine (…) and threatens the world with famine.

We definitely don't have time for analysis.

We need to cut Russia off from the civilized world, completely,” she said.

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Volodymyr Zelensky also called for more weapons for his country, regretting that the support of the international community has not always been fast enough.

“If we had received 100% of our needs in February, the result would have been tens of thousands of lives saved.

That is why Ukraine needs all the weapons we ask for, not just the ones that have been supplied.

This is why Ukraine needs funding,” he said.

Anastasia Radina, a Ukrainian parliamentarian who came to Davos, believes that “after three months of war and tens of thousands of lives lost, we are still discussing whether we need fighter planes.

Frankly, it's scandalous, ”she lamented.

Ukraine is strongly represented at this year's WEF meeting in Davos, where many Ukrainian politicians have made the trip in person.

The founder of the WEF, Klaus Schwab, welcomed a “particularly strong delegation of Ukrainians among us”.

Source: leparis

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