UNITED NATIONS—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Russia is “weaponizing” everything from food and energy to abducted children in its war against Ukraine—and he warned world leaders that the same could happen to them. “When hatred is weaponized against one nation, it never stops there,” he said at the UN General Assembly’s annual top-level
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at United Nations headquarters.
Decades-old energy supply channels to Europe from Russia, a major oil and gas producer, were halted or severely disrupted by the war due to sanctions, trade disputes, pipeline shutoffs and a major push by Western countries to find alternative sources. Both Russia and Ukraine also are major grain exporters, and Russia withdrew this past summer from a deal that allowed shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
Russia gets its chance to address the General Assembly on Saturday. Deputy UN Ambassador Dmitry Polyansky sat in Russia’s seat during Zelenskyy’s address. “We must stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would-be aggressors tomorrow,” US President Joe Biden told the assembly Tuesday in his own speech. As he pledged support to Ukraine, there was a round of applause, including from Zelenskyy.
Moscow is keen to display its global influence and its relationship with China and insists that it cannot be internationally isolated by the US and its European allies. After landing Monday in New York, Zelenskyy suggested that the UN needs to answer for allowing his country’s invader a seat at the tables of power.
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