– Fear makes you complicit – VG

Ukraine’s president has said he will address parliament this week, calling for tougher sanctions against Russia.

In a new video speech, Volodymyr Zelensky asked Western partner countries to escalate sanctions against Russia.

He warned that “weak” sanctions could create a “dangerous illusion” for Russia that it could continue as before.

– And the Ukrainians are paying for it with life. Thousands of lives, says the president in the letter, which was published on the messaging service Telegram that night to Tuesday Norwegian time and reproduced among others Watchman.

Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Since then, the European Union and Norway have adopted a number of sanctions against Russia.

Read more about Norway’s sanctions against Russia here.

But according to the Ukrainian president, there must be a stronger thanks to.

As for the embargo on the supply of Russian oil to Europe, there are now many indications that such a tightening of sanctions against Russia will take place only if Moscow uses chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine, as Zelensky claims.

– There are no words for that. Think how far you’ve come. He says about Europe’s position on such a ban, we are waiting for chemical weapons.

Russia has already accused To use phosphorous bombs, a chemical weapon, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine.

To create a group of experts

Zelensky says he will appoint a group of experts to analyze the sanctions against Russia and their impact.

Our goal is for sanctions to work as intended. And so there’s no way to get around them, says Zelensky according to The Guardian.

On Tuesday, the Ukrainian and Russian sides are scheduled to meet again in an attempt to hold peace talks. The talks will take place in Turkey.

You must speak to Parliament

Zelensky says in his speech that he will speak to parliament this week, but he did not specify when. Parliament Speaker has Confirm to VG that the speech will be donebut this date has not yet been determined.

He will also speak in the national councils of Denmark, the Netherlands, Greece and Australia during the week, he says.

Zelensky described what he called a “very active diplomatic day” on Monday while speaking with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Zelensky said on Monday he had agreed with Britain to increase British support for Ukraine as well as tougher sanctions against Russia, according to CNN.

Fear makes you complicit

In a video speech on Tuesday evening, Zelensky – again – asked for weapons:

– Ukrainians should not die just because someone does not find the courage to hand over needed weapons to Ukraine, says Zelensky, adding:

Fear always makes you a partner.

If someone is afraid of Russia, or if he is afraid to make the necessary decisions that concern us, especially for us to get the necessary planes, tanks, artillery, and grenades, then that makes these people responsible for the catastrophe that the Russian forces have caused in our cities as well.

Zelensky asked to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin directly The Kremlin has so far dismissed this as “counterproductive.”.

Meanwhile, Russia is struggling to make progress on the ground in Ukraine.

Analysts are worried Because the seemingly dead-end situation on the ground means that Russia may become more desperate and resort, for example, to chemical weapons.

The fear of nuclear weapons also escalated, especially after that Putin ordered the acquisition of nuclear weapons in what he called “combat readiness.”.

Russia responds on nuclear weapons

But according to the Russian authorities, the country has no plans to use nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine.

“Of course, any result of the operation is not a justification for the use of a nuclear weapon,” Peskov said in the interview.

“We have a security concept that clearly states that we can and will actually use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat, only when there is a threat to our country’s existence,” Peskov says.

– To separate the two, it means the presence of the state and the special military operation in Ukraine. He adds that they have nothing to do with each other.

Russian authorities have imposed a ban on calling the Ukraine war a war or invasion, instead referring to it as a “special military operation”.

We are confident that all the objectives of our special military operation in Ukraine will be accomplished. We don’t doubt it, Peskov says.

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