According to a report in the American newspaper “Washington Post,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Western nations to support his nation immediately in view of Russia’s threat to use nuclear weapons against it and its efforts to enlist more troops in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
According to the journalist Paul Soni’s article, the president of Ukraine requested that Western nations launch a preventive strike against Russia, which is presently preparing to annexe portions of Ukraine to the Russian Federation’s territory and is also deploying hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers to take part in a special military operation in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president warned Western nations against slowing down in acting pro-actively against Russian trends in a speech he delivered via videoconference to the Harvard Kennedy Academy of Government, explaining that the West should not waste any more time and should not wait for Russia to escalate before it begins to take appropriate reaction.
The author emphasises that Russia’s forces have increased their threat to use nuclear weapons if required to defend their lands in eastern Ukraine, which they will later join, and that this puts Ukraine in a challenging situation on the battlefield.
According to the author, Ukrainian troops have made some military gains in the recent clashes in Ukraine between the two sides since they were able to retake some of the territory that Russian forces had held since the start of their military operation there in late February.
But as the author notes, the Ukrainian forces’ progress is now facing significant obstacles as a result of Russia’s announcement of a partial military mobilisation that includes nearly 300,000 recruits for the Russian forces fighting in Ukraine. This announcement means that the battlefield’s power dynamics have changed, leading Ukraine to insist that Western nations send more military aid in order to be able to withstand the Russian military machine.
The author makes reference to the president of Ukraine’s remarks, in which he emphasised that Russia is engaging in nuclear blackmail by threatening to use nuclear weapons against his nation, and that the international community should work to prevent Russia from launching any nuclear attacks rather than waiting for one to occur before considering how to respond to such a catastrophic attack.
The author draws attention to words made by the president of Ukraine, who emphasised that preventive strategy is the cornerstone of any enduring peace since it thwarts aggression and saves many lives, which is preferable to waiting for an action to occur before reacting.
Newspaper: Zelensky requests Western intervention to stop Russia from attacking Ukraine with nuclear weapons.
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