Zelensky to G7 countries: Freedom must be armed

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the Group of Seven countries to provide Ukraine with weapons for the protection against the Russian aggressor.

President Zelensky said this in a video address to world leaders, this time during the G7 leaders’ meeting, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

“It is better to give Ukraine the kind of weaponry support we really need now than to look for weapons for other countries later. We mean Georgia, Moldova, the Baltic States, Poland and Central Asia,” he said.

The Head of State added that the sooner this happens the sooner there will be peace in Eastern Europe.

“This is in your best interest. This is in the interests of all democracies. Because democracies must be able to defend themselves. Freedom must be armed. Life must overcome death,” he said.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure facilities, conducting massive shelling of residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.

Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was announced.

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