Ukraine's president calls for Russia to be designated a "terrorist state"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of "a country that practices a policy of terrorism."

"I will continue to remind the world that in the end it must be recognized that Russia should be officially labeled a terrorist state and a sponsor of terrorism," Zelensky said during a televised speech.

"This reflects the daily reality that Russia has created through its aggressive war against Ukraine and wants to continue to convey that to the rest of Europe, and this description of Russia must be legally established," Zelensky added.

Zelensky made it clear that he wanted to address the participants in the special European summit in Brussels and talk to them about it.

“I want to talk to them about terrorism, which today is in fact the only form of action taken by the Russian state against Europe, it is terrorism on the territory of Ukraine, terrorism in the European energy market, and not only in our country, terrorism in the food market, all over,” Zelensky said. the world, and what terrorism will come next?

Zelensky stressed that only Europeans could stop the policies of such a state.

Last April, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine classified Russia as a "terrorist state".

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