Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the opening of a conference on the subject in Lugano, Switzerland on Monday, that the rebuilding of Ukraine is “the greatest contribution to world peace”.
“Reconstruction of Ukraine is the common task of the entire democratic world and the greatest contribution to world peace,” he said in the speech released by the videoconference and officials from Ukraine’s allied countries and international organizations.
As the Russian army continues with the bombing in eastern Ukraine this Monday (4) and advances with its plan to conquer the entire Donbass region after the fall of the strategic city of Lysychansk, an international conference begins in Switzerland. Reconstruction of Ukraine.
After the capture of Lysychansk, which was mostly Russian-speaking and was at the center of Donbass’ plan to conquer this industrial basin, which since 2014 has been partially controlled by pro-Russian separatists, the Russian military now appears to have focused its efforts on the two regions, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Major cities further west that have been brutally hit since Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin today congratulated Russian troops on the “liberation” of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, an important milestone for Moscow in Russia’s military action in Ukraine.
At a televised meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Putin said that the troops participating in the operation to seize the Luhansk region should rest, but other military units should continue to fight.
*with information from AFP
source: Noticias
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