Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says it’s time for significant safety talks with Moscow

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday known as for complete peace talks with Moscow, saying Russia would in any other case want generations to get well from losses suffered through the conflict.

Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine had all the time provided options for peace and wished significant and sincere negotiations on peace and safety, immediately.

“I want everyone to hear me now, especially in Moscow. The time has come for a meeting, it is time to talk,” he mentioned in a video handle launched within the early hours of Saturday. “The time has come to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine. Otherwise, Russia’s losses will be such that it will take you several generations to recover.”

The two sides have been concerned in talks for weeks with no signal of a breakthrough. Zelenskyy mentioned Russian forces have been intentionally blocking the provision of humanitarian provides to cities underneath assault.

“This is a deliberate tactic … This is a war crime and they will answer for it, 100%,” he mentioned.

Zelenskyy mentioned there was no details about how many individuals had died after a theatre within the metropolis of Mariupol, the place lots of of individuals had been sheltering, was struck on Wednesday. More than 130 folks had been rescued thus far, he mentioned.