Ukraine's Zelenskyy urges world leaders not to seek 'an out' from Russia's war
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged global leaders Wednesday to stand with his country and not seek "an out" instead of a "real, just peace" more than two years into Russia's war. At a time when he faces growing pressure from Western allies and some of his fellow Ukrainians to negotiate a cease-fire, Zelenskyy told the U. N. General Assembly there's no alternative to the "peace formula" he presented two years ago. Among other things, it seeks the expulsion of all Russian forces from Ukraine and accountability for war crimes.
"Any parallel or alternative attempts to seek peace are, in fact, efforts to achieve an out instead of an end to the war," he said. "Do not divide the world. Be united nations," he implored. "And that will bring us peace. " In an interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" that aired before Zelenskyy's U.
N. speech, he said that "we are closer to the peace than we think. " "We can't now be weak, we can't relax because we didn't stop Putin," Zelenskyy said, sitting alongside Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska.