President Zelensky addressed scholar Ukrainian societies on Friday pledging that he wouldn’t quit or “concede” territory to Russia.
He spoke to Ukrainian scholar societies at Birmingham College, Coventry, London Faculty of Economics, UCL, Metropolis of London, Oxford, Cambridge, and Glasgow and Manchester over video-link and urged them to assist rebuild the nation as soon as victory was assured.
Matt Frei of Channel 4 Information requested President Zelensky whether or not there was a stage the place he would wish to cede territory to the Russians given the lack of life within the japanese Donbas area.
President Zelensky informed the scholars he wouldn’t quit or ‘concede’ to Russia (Jacob King/PA)
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He additionally requested what he felt about Finland and Sweden gaining NATO membership.
President Zelensky stated: “To start with, I’d prefer to say I’m very glad for Finland and Sweden. I imagine that’s a really smart alternative though sadly that alternative was made due to the conflict that began in Ukraine.”
“It is going to assist them to defend their folks in case of Russian aggression,” he stated.
He added that if Ukraine had been capable of be a part of NATO, “that may be capable of save a number of lives”.
“There can be a struggle for the independence of Ukraine however there can be not so many losses.”
“I really imagine we might be capable of save a number of lives in order that makes me kind of annoyed or indignant.”
The president answered questions from college students of Ukrainian societies at UK universities. (Jacob King/PA)
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He added: “All through my presidentship, I clearly perceive and understood that each conflict has to complete on the desk of negotiations and I perceive that diplomacy can save lives, I perceive this. However sadly the president of Russian Federation doesn’t perceive this, and that’s it.
“You want each events prepared to cease the conflict between their international locations in any other case it’s not going to work.
“The interpretation [of your question] gave the impression of ‘what are you able to concede, or to surrender.’ I’d prefer to say that there’s this independence of our nation and there’s not something that we are able to concede.”
In his deal with to college students, he stated that the primary regatta had taken place between Cambridge and Oxford on tenth June virtually 200 years in the past, a “symbolic truth”.
Now we have an issue of an enemy who did not ever learn Bernard Shaw, one of many founders of the London Faculty of Economics – we are able to fly like birds, we are able to swim like fish, however the one factor lacking is to dwell on this planet like human beings
President Zelensky
“I can evaluate this with Ukraine, with us swimming in opposition to the present and our nation attempting to struggle the Russian warships, and we wish to really feel like we’re not alone, like all of the international locations of the free world are in the identical boat.”
He stated he had ready for the assembly by studying concerning the historical past and traditions of the schools he was chatting with “for us to talk the identical language”.
“107 days we’ve got been examined for survival and resilience, each day we move the Cambridge check within the Tripos, however we’ve got to pay attention aerial sirens for 107 days, we’ve got been opposing the barbarians.”
Quoting George Bernard Shaw, he stated: “Now we have an issue of an enemy who didn’t ever learn Bernard Shaw, one of many founders of the London Faculty of Economics – we are able to fly like birds, we are able to swim like fish, however the one factor lacking is to dwell on this planet like human beings.”
“They discuss peaceable wars, their objectives are peaceable cities and villages – they’re killing kids and girls.”
Ukrainian college students Pavlo Denysenko and Snizhana Berezhna at Coventry College, the place Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed college students as a part of a dwell broadcast to plenty of UK universities (Jacob King/PA)
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He stated that 80 years’ in the past, Manchester survived the Christmas bombing, and “this 12 months, Ukraine had Easter bombing – 80 years’ in the past, Nazi invaders would damage Coventry, this 12 months, Russia’s created within the territory of Ukraine tons of Coventries.”
He stated that college students of Edinburgh College had lately “uncovered their professor [Tim Hayward] – he was repeating the Russian narratives” and “this indicators like a whole bunch of different indicators…the conflict in Ukraine will not be one thing you don’t care about – this conflict is seen and monstrous.”
He informed the College of Glasgow that for universities positioned in occupied areas it was a “tragedy”.
“All of your life, your faculty, your college, every little thing is both broken or captured by the enemy – we’re proposing totally different methods. Some universities had been moved and reallocated.”
He added that free tuition was being supplied for all college students with no limits on acceptance for locations by assessments or examinations.
After we will probably be victorious, we’ll construct a brand new nation…you are one thing like 20 years’ outdated, 19 years’ outdated – you are a teen, a scholar – I can not construct a cushty state for you with out you
President Zelensky
For Ukrainian college students finding out overseas, he stated: “To start with we’ve got to revive our territory… as a result of we wish to rebuild our nation.
As territory was regained, he stated: “We are going to begin rebuilding all the academic establishments…so that individuals can return to highschool, again to kindergarten, faculty, college for the scholars.”
He added in response to UCL’s Ukrainian society’s query a few “mind drain” of younger Ukrainians: “There’s a number of painful points in our historical past due to which we’ve misplaced essentially the most valuable factor we’ve got, the sensible folks.
“After we will probably be victorious, we’ll construct a brand new nation…you’re one thing like 20 years’ outdated, 19 years’ outdated – you’re a teen, a scholar – I can’t construct a cushty state for you with out you.”
“You might be representing our state – you’re ambassadors of our academy right here,” he informed the scholars.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
