The President of Ukraine has made an online format at a European Council meeting and told about five key reasons for delaying war and the distance of peace

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke in an online format at the next meeting of the European Council, which is taking place in Brussels. The head of state carried out online exclusion from the wagon of the train "Ukrzaliznytsya" during a working trip to the regions of Ukraine. “Glad to welcome you today as always, but still in a slightly different format. Now I visit the cities that Russia is trying to destroy.

The cities of Donbass, our Kharkiv are one of the centers of East of Europe, our Kherson is already released from the Russian occupation, but suffering from permanent Russian terrorist strikes, ”the president told the participants of the meeting.

He stressed that he was on the road, because he uses every opportunity to support the spirit of Ukrainians and to bring the time of expulsion from our country a Russian terrorist contingent who dreams only of spreading his evil, including other European cities.

“God forbid anyone in the world to see their cities emptied because of the threat of terrorist strikes - like Kramatorsk or dozens of other cities of Donbass; with destroyed houses - destroyed by Russian artillery; With plywood instead of glass in the windows where people still try to live. Fully destroyed, broken by the shelling of the village, as in our Kherson region and everywhere, where Russian invaders are obtained. Abandoned - because the fields are replaced . . .

God forbid anyone to see it in their country, ”Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The President stressed that if there are no delay or stagnation in the cooperation of Ukraine and Europe, if joint efforts are resolutely directed to the Ukrainian victory, then the victory will be this year. "The faster we act together, the more lives we save," he said.

The Head of State noted close cooperation in the defense, energy spheres, economic interaction, ten approved sanctions of the European Union's sanction packages against Russia, assistance in international justice in holding responsibility of Russian military criminals.

Separately, the President thanked those who participated in the proposed Estonia initiative to supply and production shells for Ukrainian artillery, who supports the work of the International Criminal Court and the efforts of Ukraine to create a special tribunal on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, as well as efforts to launch the compensation mechanism.

"All this is evidence that Europe is able to defend its values ​​and has the courage not to obey terror," Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convinced. At the same time, the President named five key dangers that are depositing Ukraine and Europe from the end of the war and the peace.

In particular, it is a delay in supplying the Ukrainian army of long -range missiles and modern aircraft, delaying the adoption of new rigid sanctions, delaying the implementation of the Ukrainian formula of peace and the organization of the "Peace Summit", delay with the integration of Ukraine into the European Union. “We can organize a summit in one of the world capitals - in one of the European capitals. Will it not add global power to Europe? It will add exactly, ”the head of state said.

In the context of Ukraine's European integration prospects, Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that even despite Russian aggression, our state continues to develop institutions according to European standards. “The results are obvious: we have stood in the war, our institutions are operating in spite of everything, the financial system, banks, all public services, social sphere. And it is critical that there is no delay in the rapprochement of Ukraine and the European Union.

This is important for the protection of Ukraine and for the protection of the European system. This corresponds to the objective need to strengthen Europe constantly, because only constant strengthening guarantees unchanged stability, ”Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He stated that Ukraine was ready to decide this year to negotiate membership in the European Union. The President emphasized that the war teaches leaders that honesty in relations between the Allies guarantees victory.

“I honestly noted five key dangers, five reasons for delaying this war and the distance of peace. We have to do everything so that there is no tightening. And we can really do it. Europe is able to be decisive. I know you know how to appreciate time. Let every meeting, every discussion, every day of our joint work brings the return of peace and liberation of our land and all Europe from Russian evil. If Europe is delayed, evil can have time to regroup and tune in during the war.