A month since Russia launched its shock invasion, Ukraine’s leader pleaded Thursday for NATO to “save” his shattered country with unrestricted military aid, so its armed forces could transform their dogged defence into attack.
While Kyiv and Western intelligence report battlefield gains against the Russians, the vast scale of civilian suffering was made stark as the UN said more than half of all Ukraine’s children have been driven from their homes.
After urging global street protests to denounce the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky told NATO leaders that Russia had unleashed phosphorus bombs on Ukraine along with indiscriminate shelling of civilians.
‘Shame on you’: How President Zelensky uses speeches to get what he needs
While his army has fought tenaciously on the battlefields of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has waged an information war on the capitals of the Western world.
He’s addressed 10 parliaments in two weeks, receiving standing ovations everywhere.
Live by video link from a besieged capital, wearing a green t-shirt and sporting several days of stubble, he often signs off with a clenched fist salute. As applause rings out, he disappears. He’s a man in a hurry, after all, with truly existential matters to attend to.
VIDEO: ‘Ukraine matters.’
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky calls on the world to “show your standing”, urging people to “come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities” to “say that people matter. Freedom matters. Peace matters. Ukraine matters” pic.twitter.com/89Mg5ZGvvi
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 24, 2022
