Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the time to "appease" the Russian leadership has passed, and now the whole world must "put it in its place.
"We respect international law, we respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of every state. But please do not forget that the war is being fought on our territory. It is a war on our soil. That is why we are putting pressure on Russia, on our land. It is no longer necessary to appease the military and political leadership of the Russian Federation. It is already too late. We needed preventive sanctions when we needed to talk to them daily, implement specific financial and economic sanctions before a full-scale invasion," he said Saturday, speaking at the 19th Shangri-La Dialogue Asian Security Summit.
"There is no gray area now. If you're for peace now, you support Ukraine, if you support this particular war, you find common ground with the Russian Federation. That's it. It is too late to discuss this. This is a political game and nothing more. And I think the whole world should put the Russian leadership in their place today. And their place is on their territory. And that's where they should live and decide what they should do," he said.
