Stopping Russia Crucial for Whole World – Zelenskyy

Speaking remotely at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the outcome of the war in his country affected not just Ukraine, but the ‘future of international order.’

“I am grateful for your support… but this support is not only for Ukraine, but for you as well,” he said. “It is on the battlefields of Ukraine that the future rules of this world are being decided along with the boundaries of the possible.”

Zelenskyy noted that Russia is blocking ports in the Black Sea and Azov Sea, keeping Ukrainian food exports from the world market. “If … due to Russian blockades we are unable to export our foodstuffs, the world will face an acute and severe food crisis and famine in many countries in Asia and Africa,” he said.

Aljazeera /Shakirat Sadiq