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"Volodymyr Zelenskiy has made an impassioned plea for international support for
his country’s war against Russia, insisting that Vladimir Putin must live to
regret starting the conflict almost two years ago.
In a speech that received a standing ovation from the World Economic Forum in
Davos, the Ukrainian president said the Putin had stolen 13 years of peace and
would only respond to military defeat.
“If anybody thinks this is just about Ukraine they are fundamentally mistaken,”
Zelenskiy said, after a meeting in Davos with 70 chief executives and the
European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.
Dressed in his trademark black jumper, Zelenskiy said the Russian leader was
spurred on to take military action by warnings to Ukraine not to escalate a
conflict that began with the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
“Every ‘do not escalate’ sounded like ‘you will prevail’ to Putin. Because of
‘don’t escalate’, lives were lost,” Zelenskiy said.
“One man has stolen at least 13 years of peace, replacing them with pain, pain,
pain and crisis that impact the entire world.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
