After renewed Russian missile strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to strengthen his country’s defense capabilities. Ukraine is preparing for a new wave of mobilization by Russia’s “terrorist state” and must be prepared, he said late on Tuesday. After phone calls with the heads of government of the Netherlands, Great Britain, Norway and Canada, he urged that everything be done to defeat Russia.
Russia will leave no stone unturned to reverse the war and avoid defeat. “We have to destroy this Russian scenario,” Zelenskyy said. “The terrorists must lose.” Russia will mobilize new reservists who will be sent to their deaths, he said. Ukraine, in turn, must mobilize the civilized world.
In his speech, the 44-year-old also condemned the Russian rocket attack on the “Altair” ice rink in Druzhkivka, Donetsk region, where the children also trained. People have long experienced the stadium as a place of joy. The destruction is new evidence that Russia is a terrorist state.