More military aid will shorten war, says Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Ukrainian leader also called for futher sanctions to be put in place against Moscow Ukraine’s allies have it in their hands to avoid a drawn-out war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his latest nightly video address, renewing calls for more weapons for his country and to expand sanctions on Russia. “When someone says it will take a year or years, I reply: it is in your hands to make the war significantly shorter,” Mr Zelenskyy said. “The more and the faster we will get all the weapons we asked for, the stronger our positions will be and the sooner peace will come.” He also called on other nations to enforce a ban on Russian oil, to inflict further pressure on the country to end its invasion of Ukraine . He labelled existing sanctions on Russia as “painful” but stressed that they were not enough. In his address, Mr Zelenskyy also said that the situation was “still very difficult” in the south and east of Ukraine. He said that “in the occupied districts of Kherson and Z...