Zelensky: War must end through honest and substantive negotiations

“The war must end. We need to sit down at the negotiating table - honest, substantive, in the interests of the people, not obsolete murderous ambitions. I spoke today with Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands. We have a new page in relations with the Netherlands. Thank you for your support. With Prime Minister of Israel Bennett. With Prime Minister of Luxembourg Bettel and President of France Macron. We have support. We have an understanding,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in his address on March 8, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

He also stressed that the story that the United Nations allegedly did not consider the Russian invasion a war had outraged many, but the situation was already made clear.

“You may have seen in the news today the story that the United Nations allegedly does not consider the Russian invasion a war. I know this outraged many, and not only in Ukraine. I am grateful to our team. We made everything clear and quickly received assurances: there will be no lies in the UN structures. There will be no playing along with the aggressor. The word ‘war’ will be heard on this site. Because that is the truth,” the Head of State stressed.

On February 24, Russian president Putin launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops kill civilians, shell and destroy key infrastructure, and missiles hit Ukrainians' homes.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization.

Ukraine officially filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.

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