Zelensky Appeal Led to Historic Sanctions
Zelensky Appeal Led to Historic Sanctions
February 27, 2022 at 7:49 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 155 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/27/zelensky-appeal-led-to-historic-sanctions/
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“As the leaders of the European Union gathered for an emergency summit on Thursday night, momentum was already moving toward imposing tough new sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine,” the Washington Post reports.
“But a handful of key leaders, notably including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, were reluctant to proceed with some of the harshest proposals.”
“Then Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dialed into the meeting via teleconference with a bracing appeal that left some of the world-weary politicians with watery eyes. In just five minutes, Zelensky — speaking from the battlefield of Kyiv — pleaded with European leaders for an honest assessment of his country’s ambition to join the European Union and for genuine help in its fight with the Russian invaders. Ukraine needed its neighbors to step up with food, ammunition, fuel, sanctions, all of it.”
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