‘Slave to war’: Zelensky slams Putin in Munich days before Russia-Ukraine war enters fifth year
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Russia’s Vladimir Putin as a “slave to war” in a speech to the Munich Security Conference Saturday, adding that Russia’s attacks had damaged every power plant in the country. Russia and Ukraine will hold US-brokered talks next week, and Zelensky said Kyiv was doing “everything” to end the war. (AFP File) Zelensky also drew parallels between the current talks between Russia and Ukraine over territorial concessions and the 1938 Munich Agreement, when Hitler forced territorial concessions from the European powers — a year before World War II. Zelensky was speaking days before the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s invasion, which has killed hundreds of thousands, decimated eastern Ukraine and forced millions to flee. Moscow’s attacks on the country’s power infrastructure have left millions in the cold. Kyiv and its Western allies have accused Moscow of deliberately freezing Ukraine’s population with the energy grid strikes. “There is not a single power plant left in Ukraine that has not been damaged by Russian attacks,” Zelensky said. “Not one.” “But we still generate electricity,” …







