Zelensky unis talk
BRITISH students haven taken part in a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Youngsters from nine universities, organised by their Ukraine societies, heard him pledge that he would not concede territory to Russia.
He spoke to student audiences at Birmingham University, Coventry, London School of Economics, UCL, City of London, Oxford, Cambridge, and Glasgow and Manchester via video link and urged them to help rebuild his country once victory was assured.
He told one student: “The interpretation (of your question) sounded like ‘what are you ready to concede, or to give up’ – I’d like to say that there’s this independence of our country and there’s not anything that we can concede.”
Mr Zelensky also said he supported Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
He said: “I’m very happy for Finland and Sweden. I believe that’s a very wise choice, although unfortunately that choice was made because of the war that started in Ukraine. It will help them to defend their people in case of Russian aggression.”
The president claimed that if Ukraine had been able to join Nato, it would have saved a lot of lives.
He added:“there would be a fight for the independence of Ukraine but there would be not so many losses.”