Zelensky reiterates to his allies in the West his request to recognize Russia as a “terrorist state”

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July 15 () –

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky reiterated his request to Western allies on Thursday for Russia to be officially considered a terrorist state, claiming that no other country “allows itself to destroy peaceful cities” with cruise missiles and artillery every day.

“As a result of a single rocket attack on our city of Vinitsia, (in the center of the country) 23 people have died, of which three were children under the age of ten. And this, unfortunately, is not yet the final number.” The debris analysis is ongoing. Dozens of people are listed as missing,” the Ukrainian president detailed, justifying his request.

“And if someone launched a missile attack on a medical center in Dallas or Dresden, God forbid, what would it be called? Isn’t it terrorism?” Zelensky said in his daily statement to the Ukrainian population.

Likewise, the Ukrainian president has assured Russia would have ended the life of a girl in Vínitsia “just at the moment when a conference on Russian war crimes was being held in The Hague, Holland.” “Can you think of any other terrorist organization that would allow such audacity? To kill just when their previous crimes are the subject of international discussion,” he added.

Zelensky has argued before his allies in the West that such an attitude towards International Law is a threat to Europe and the entire civilizing world, detailing that, after that, there is no doubt about the need for a Special Court on “Russian aggression against Ukraine”.

He has also called for a compensation mechanism for victims to be financed with the help of confiscated Russian assets and funds around the world, and for restrictions on Russian energy exports so that “terrorists do not cover their costs at the expense of the international community”.

“And I want to emphasize: all this is necessary not only for Ukraine, not only for our citizens, whose lives are threatened by Russian terror. This is needed by all of you, by everyone in the world who values ​​human life at least a little. Terror is a virus. And if one of the terrorists goes unpunished, it only encourages others,” Zelensky added.

This Thursday at least 22 people have been killed by an attack by Russian forces on the Ukrainian city of Vinitsia, located in the center of the country, as reported by the deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kirilo Timoshenko.