Zelenskyy Urges West to ‘Stop Playing’ with Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the West to stop playing around with Russia and impose tougher sanctions on Moscow to end its “senseless war” in Ukraine.

Zelenskyy has been criticizing the West in recent days as the European Union moves slowly towards a possible Russian oil embargo.

“Ukraine will always be an independent state and it won’t be broken. The only question is what price our people will have to pay for their freedom, and what price Russia will pay for this senseless war against us,” said Zelenskyy in a late-night address on Thursday.

“The catastrophic unfolding events could be still stopped if the world treated the situation in Ukraine as if it were facing the same situation if the powers that be did not play around with Russia but really pressed to end the war.”

The Ukrainian Leader complained about disagreements within the EU on more sanctions against Russia and asked why some nations were being allowed to block the plan.

“How many more weeks will the European Union try to agree on a sixth package?” he asked, noting Russia was receiving one billion euros a day from the 27-nation bloc for energy supplies.

“Pressure on Russia is literally a matter of saving lives. Every day of procrastination, weakness, various disputes or proposals to ‘pacify’ the aggressor at the expense of the victim merely means more Ukrainians being killed.”