Zelenskyy: Russia Trying to Destroy Ukraine’s Economy to Break Resistance, Says 500 Daily Shaheds Is No Time to Ease Sanctions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia's overnight barrage of nearly 500 attack drones was aimed at breaking Ukraine's economy in order to weaken its resistance, striking enterprises, ports, energy facilities, warehouses, gas stations, and residential buildings across the country, UATV English reports. "Russia wants to destroy Ukraine's economy in order to break our resistance,"…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia's recent barrage of nearly 500 attack drones was intended to cripple Ukraine's economy and undermine its resistance against the ongoing war. He urged Ukraine's allies to view the strikes with the political and moral seriousness they deserve, emphasizing that the scale of the attack makes any suggestion of easing sanctions on Russia ill-advised.
Zelenskyy specifically named Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman as individuals who should take decisive action against the conflict, arguing that sanctions on Moscow should be intensified rather than relaxed. He called for the strengthening of sanctions against Russia and expressed the belief that Russian oligarchs should have no sanctuary anywhere in the world while the war persists.
Zelenskyy further stated that sanctions on Russian businesses and individuals financing the war must carry significant consequences, sufficient to pressure the Russian business community into urging their government to end the war. He also emphasized that Europe should no longer consider Russian oligarchs as allies.
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