Zelenskyy: World ‘supposed’ to weaken Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday evening that “we need to weaken Russia and the world is supposed to do it.”
Speaking via video link to North American corporate leaders, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is doing its part on the ground, but there needs to be even tougher sanctions to weaken Russia economically.
“We need to switch Russia off the global financial system completely,” he told business leaders.
According to Zelenskyy, Russia is unwilling to come to the negotiating table to end the war because it feels strong.
Russia joining peace negotiations “is simply not possible now because Russia can still feel its power,” he said.
Zelenskyy added that Ukraine is willing to negotiate an end to the war with Russia but “not at the expense of our independence.”
(AP)