Ukraine-Russia War, Zelensky: “Brutal Mariupol Siege, as in the Middle Ages”

Ukraine-Russia war, “Mariupol is a siege as brutal as in the Middle Ages”. Speaking on video in front of the French Parliament, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky focused on the bombing of the maternal and pediatric hospital in what was previously “a quiet city”. “There were women who were preparing to give birth … one of them had to amputate her foot, fractured in the bombing … another had her pelvis smashed and lost her baby, she asked the doctors to let her die” , he said. Read also “After weeks of invasion Mariupol and other cities hit by the occupiers remember the ruins of Verdun, as you saw them in the photos of the First World War. The Russian army destroys everything: residential neighborhoods, schools, hospital, universities, warehouses of food and medicine, “Zelensky said.
At his request, during the speech in the French Parliament, a minute of silence was observed “in honor and in memory of the thousands of Ukrainians killed by the Russian invasion.” “We are very grateful for the efforts of President Macron, who has shown true leadership – he said in his speech – We expect from France, from your leadership, the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine “.” We must press together to force Russia to make peace “Zelensky stressed. who asked for “more weapons” from European countries to be able to defend themselves from Russia, but also “more economic sanctions” against Moscow. He then turned to French companies which, he said, “must leave Russia and stop sponsoring its war machine. They must stop funding the killing of children and women, rape. Values ​​are worth more than profits” , said the Ukrainian president.