RE: Ouch4 Apr 2022 09:39
Zelensky invites Merkel, Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see results of years of concessions to Russia
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Zelensky invites Merkel, Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see results of years of concessions to Russia
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has invited former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to visit Bucha and "see what the policy of concessions to Russia has led to."
"Today is the fourteenth anniversary of the NATO summit in Bucharest. Then there was a chance to take Ukraine out of the "gray zone" in Eastern Europe. Out of the "gray zone" between NATO and Russia. Out of the gray zone, in which Moscow thinks they are allowed everything. Even the most dreadful war crimes," he said in a video message on Sunday.
According to him, "under optimistic diplomatic statements that Ukraine could become a member of NATO, then, in 2008, refusal to accept Ukraine into the Alliance was hidden."
"The absurd fear of some politicians towards Russia was hidden. They thought that by refusing Ukraine, they would be able to appease Russia, to convince it to respect Ukraine and live normally next to us," Zelensky said.
"I invite Mrs. Merkel and Mr. Sarkozy to visit Bucha and see what the policy of concessions to Russia has led to in 14 years. To see with their own eyes the tortured Ukrainian men and women," Zelensky said.
At the same time, he said that he does not blame the West. "We do not blame anyone but the specific Russian military who did this against our people. And those who gave them orders. But we have the right to talk about indecision. About the path to such Bucha, to such Hostomel, to such Kharkiv, to such Mariupol," he said.
"Fourteen years ago, Russia's leader in Bucharest told Western leaders that there was no country like Ukraine. And we prove that there is such a country. It was and it will be," Zelensky said.
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