Russia's war will end, not because someone is tired of war, but because the UN Charter will work, it must work, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN Security Council, BTA reported.
"Ukraine's right to defend itself must win," Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian leader noted that Ukrainians are injured or killed every day, and Russia does not give an explanation as to why it is attacking a neighboring country. Moreover, Moscow has no "legitimate reason to make Iran and North Korea accomplices in its war in Europe".
"Every destroyed Ukrainian city proves that Russia violates international law," Zelensky added. "Putin has broken so many international laws and rules that he will not stop alone. Russia can only be forced to make peace," the Ukrainian leader added.
He emphasized that "the war will not be ended by negotiations, only by actions".
In his words, all points of his peace plan are part of the UN Charter.
"There is only one United Nations Charter that unites us all. It should unite us all," added Zelensky.
Strong explosions are heard in the cities of Zaporozhye and Odessa, as well as in their surroundings, which Russia attacked with missiles this evening, BTA reported.
The sirens in Zaporozhye and the region were activated at 21:22, and about an hour later – at 10:29 p.m., an air alert was also announced in Odessa.
The chairman of the Zaporozhye regional military administration, Ivan Fyodorov, announced that the city and its surroundings were attacked with ballistic missiles from the Crimea and with aerial bombs.
Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov warned citizens that there is also a danger of drone attacks.
Regional authorities have urged people to take shelter in bomb shelters until the alarm goes off.
In the Zaporozhye region, Bulgarians number 27,764 people according to the last census in Ukraine in 2001. The Bulgarian community in the region is concentrated in the Primorsky, Melitopol, Berdyan and Priazov regions, which have been occupied since the beginning of the war until now. The first settlement of Bulgarian settlers from Bessarabia in the Azov region began in 1861 and lasted until 1862.
Bulgarians in Odesa Region number over 150,000 people and are the third largest according to the official census in Ukraine in 2001. In the city of Odesa itself live about 50-60 thousand Bulgarians. The largest compact Bulgarian population is concentrated in Bolgrad, Izmail and Belgorod-Dniester regions.