Ukraine tells NATO Russia wants to dictate future world order
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[June 29, 2022]
By Pavel Polityuk
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO leaders on Wednesday his country needed
more advanced weapons and money to defend itself against Russia, warning
that Moscow's ambitions did not stop at Ukraine.
He put the monthly cost of defending Ukraine against Russia's invasion
at about $5 billion.
"This is not a war being waged by Russia against only Ukraine. This is a
war for the right to dictate conditions in Europe - for what the future
world order will be like," he said in a virtual address to a summit of
the Western defence alliance in Madrid.
"That is why it is absolutely necessary to support Ukraine, even now,
with weapons, finances and political sanctions against Russia, which
will stop its ability to pay for the war."
Zelenskiy said Ukraine needed modern missile and air defence systems to
counter Russia's artillery.
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"By providing them to us, you can completely break Russia's tactics to
destroy cities and terrorise civilians," he said.
Moscow calls its actions a "special military operation" to disarm
Ukraine and rid it of what it calls anti-Russian nationalism fomented by
the West. Ukraine and the West say Russia launched an unprovoked war of
aggression.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a working session of
G7 leaders via video link, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues,
in Kyiv, Ukraine June 27, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press
Service/Handout via REUTERS
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Zelenskiy said Russia did not want to stop at taking
areas of southern Ukraine or the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine,
where the heaviest battles of the war are being fought.
"It wants to absorb city after city in Europe, which
the Russian leadership considers its property and not independent
states. This is Russia's real goal," he said.
"The question is - who is next for Russia? Moldova? The Baltic
States? Poland? The answer is all of them."
He said NATO was adapting a new 10-year strategy that was "first and
foremost a strategy for the security of your societies, your states"
while Ukraine suffered "cruise missiles, torture, murder of
children, rape of women."
"Financial support for Ukraine is now no less important than aid
with weapons," he said. "We need about $ 5 billion a month - and
that's a fundamental thing. This is exactly what is needed for
defence, for security."
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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