The top aid of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia would “go for blood beyond Ukraine” if its allies do not do more to stop President Vladimir Putin.
The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, wrote in a New York Times essay from a bunker: “This could be a prologue to a greater European or even global massacre.”
According to reports, he wrote the essay next to Zelensky.
Yermak wrote: “Not since the end of World War II has Europe seen violence and naked territorial ambition at such a scale.”
He also begged Ukraine’s Western allies to pay more attention to the ‘existential challenge’ the Russian president ‘poses to the world order.’
He also said that Ukraine has precipitated the severity of Putin’s aggression since it started in 2014.
“That’s because we know this was is not just about Ukraine. The Kremlin wants to create a new Russian empire,” he continued. “Again, make no mistake: Mr. Putin aims to advance this ideology by going for blood beyond Ukraine. He must be stopped.”
The president’s top aid pleaded for allies to send more firepower, including antiaircraft weapons and antitank, and also called on NATO to implement a no-fly zone over the country.
He asked for stricter sanctions in the form of a full embargo on all Russian exports to Europe and the U.S.
Yermak also expressed gratitude for the equipment and weapons its allies have provided and the sanctions imposed against Russia.
But he said that their country needs more support, writing: “our state’s future and survival largely depend on the West.
“This war could be a prologue to a greater European or even global massacre.”
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