Volodímir Zelenski, president of Ukraine, it is clear that between Nicaragua and the Russian Federation there is nothing in common other than money, as he stated in an interview given to the Nicaraguan media Confidentialduring a conference given to seven Latin American media in kyiv.
“We would like to have the support of your countries,” said the president. who for more than 15 months has been facing the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Zelenski reiterated in the interview that what exists in his nation is not a civil war, but the defense of a people and that is what he hopes the leaders of most Latin American countries understand, whom he questioned for staying out of the conflict. .
Administrations such as Chile have issued a firm condemnation against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, as well as the position of Uruguay that also supports the president Zelenski, Guatemala has stood out in these reactions when trying to apply sanctions against Russia, however the Ukrainian president assures that fight for values and freedom, not for a land.
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Regarding Nicaragua and the support that President Daniel Ortega has shown in favor of Russia, pointing out that that country is waging a battle for peace, Zelenski clarifies that it is something that is happening in many Latin American countries, however he indicated that our country You must know for sure that at the time we needed help, these people were living on a different kind of information.
The President of Ukraine is aware that there is a partnership between Russia and Nicaragua, as he has shown in his statements, but he says he does not know what unites Ortega and the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin. “I think these people have nothing in common except money (…) I think today they have some kind of closeness and some common interests and that’s it,” he said.
The most important thing, according to Zelenski, is that the people do not have common interests with the aggressor, how society perceives this, and that they can understand what is happening. «The truth will win anyway and I only wish the people of Nicaragua peace and if one day, God forbid, it can happen, because this is not an adequate world, what can we say if they have any sorrow, God forbid, It does not mean that Ukraine will remember that once we needed Nicaragua’s help they did not help us,” he remarked.
In addition, he added that he “would like to be on the same side as his people (Nicaragua). That is absolutely certain, because I believe that any aggressor must be absolutely isolated, because it is a bad example for other States.
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On the other hand, he insisted that “a truce with Russia is not a truce. For several years we had weekly or once a month meetings between the Russian and Ukrainian sides, with mediators. All those years there was shooting every day, wounded and killed. All these years. And it was a truce.
For me, it is necessary to get as many countries as possible to support Ukraine or not to support Russia in this situation. If they are not willing to support Ukraine, unfortunately for me it is very important that people understand all the details of what is happening.”
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Zelensky assures that Ukraine has the support of Pope Francis. «”I told him: I thank you for all your prayers, but I am not only here for you to unite the whole world in your prayers to God, but also for you to influence with your personality the atheists who do not believe in anything, but that hold our people captive.”
Lastly, he highlighted conference that they are preparing a counter-offensive, but cannot yet say when it will be. The Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022.
