Zelenskiy: Russia Aims to Erase Ukraine's History, People

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated, on Wednesday, that Russia is aiming to erase Ukraine, its history and people.

"They don't know a thing about Kyiv, about our history. But they all have orders to erase our history, erase our country, erase us all,"Zelenskiy said in a video on the seventh day of Russian invasion.

Russia launched airstrike attacks on Ukrainian cities on Tuesday and appeared poised for an advance on Kyiv as the West tightened an economic noose around Russia in retaliation.

Zelenskiy affirmed the West's response was not enough, calling for more international support, including backing Ukraine's bid to join the European Union. "This is no time to be neutral," he noted.

Referring to the Tuesday shelling in Kyiv next to Babyn Yar, Zelenskiy said: "This strike proves that for many people in Russia our Kyiv is absolutely foreign."

Moreover, the Ukrainian President stated: "We all died again by Babyn Yar. Although the world has promised again and again that it will never happen again."

He also urged millions of Jews around the world to not stay silent because Nazism is born in silence. "Scream about murdering of civilians, scream about murdering of Ukrainians," he said.