Zelensky spoke at the G20 summit. What did the President talk about?
In particular, he presented his vision of the path to peace

What happened? Volodymyr Zelensky spoke at the G20 summit and presented to international leaders his vision of the path to peace.
Source. The recording of the speech was published by the Office of the President.
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Details. First and foremost, the Head of the State stressed that in order to completely liberate Ukraine from the invaders, it would be necessary to fight “for some more time”. He, However, wants “the russian-Ukrainian war to end justly: on the basis of the UN Charter and international law, not just ‘somehow’.”
President Zelensky noted that Ukraine would not agree to Minsk-3, because it would allow russia to wait out and build up forces to start a new wave of terror and destabilisation.
The President also spoke about:
- The liberation of Kherson. He compared it to the landing of the Allies in Normandy. “It was not yet a final point in the fight against evil, but it already determined the entire further course of events. This is exactly what we are feeling now. Now – when Kherson is free,” President Zelensky explained.
- Nuclear security. The politician once again urged russia to withdraw troops from the Zaporizhzhia NPP, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – to send missions to all Ukrainian nuclear power plants, and G20 members – to force russia to abandon nuclear threats.
- Involvement of international partners in the grain initiative. “Thanks to the strong participation of the UN, Turkey and other partners, we have demonstrated how the cooperation of a few can restore food security for the many. I believe our export grain initiative deserves an indefinite extension – no matter when the war ends.”
- Sending a UN mission to ​Ukraine's energy facilities. “russia is interested in the energy crisis. And we should all be interested in cessation of terror,” the President pointed out.
- Prisoners exchange. President Zelensky once again offered russia to exchange prisoners under the “all for all” formula and release deported Ukrainians.
- Special tribunal against russia. He called on the world to create an international mechanism to compensate for the damage caused by the russian war.
- Environmental damage caused by russian aggression. According to him, 6 million domestic animals died in Ukraine because of the full-scale war.
- Holding an international conference on post-war security. “We need effective security assurances. That is why we prepared a draft agreement – the Kyiv Security Compact, and have already presented it to partners. Thus, we should hold an international conference to cement the key elements of the post-war security architecture in the Euro-Atlantic space, including guarantees for Ukraine, in order to prevent repeated russian aggression,” he said.
At the end, President Zelensky assured that the implementation of each of these steps could not take much time – “a month for one step at the most, for some steps, a couple of days are enough.”
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