Speaking in an interview in the guarded government compound, Zelenskiy urged NATO members to force fly zone to stop the Russian Air Force, saying this would be a precautionary measure and was not intended to drag alliances into the war with Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelskyy said on Tuesday Russia must stop the bombing of Ukrainian cities before the conversation meaningful in a ceasefire can begin, because the first round of negotiations this week has resulted in a little progress.
Speaking in an interview in a tightly guarded government complex, Zelskyy urged NATO members to impose zones without flies to stop the Russian Air Force, said this would be a precautionary measure and was not intended to drag alliances into the war with Russia.
Zelskyy, who had refused the offer to leave the capital of Ukraine when Russian forces advanced, also said Ukraine would demand security guarantees legally binding if NATO closed the door on the prospect of the Ukrainian membership.
Regulate his condition for further talks with Russia, Zelskyy told Reuters and CNN in a common interview: “Need to at least stop the bombing, just stop the bombing and then sit at the negotiation table.”
Just as he spoke, the news appeared that a Russian missile had hit the TV tower near the Holocaust warning site in the capital of Ukraine, killing at least five people. Previously on Tuesday, missiles hit the heart of East Kharkiv City.
Ukraine has received weapons shipments from NATO members to help hold back the full-scale military invasion released by Russian forces last week, while The West has also introduced crooked sanctions on the Russian economy.
But Zelskyy has urged the international community to do more, including forcing a fly zone.
“It’s not about dragging NATO countries into the war. The truth is that everyone has long been dragged into the war and is clearly not by Ukraine, but by Russia – a large-scale war is underway,” Zelskyy said.
He said, however, that US President Joe Biden was personally submitted to him that now is not the time to introduce such a measure.
Ukraine had pressed NATO to speed up the entry, moving fiercely opposed by Russia and was quoted as one of the reasons Moscow to launch its campaign.