INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of committing genocide and attempting to eliminate the "whole nation" of Ukraine, a day after
the discovery of mass graves and apparently executed civilians near Kyiv."This is genocide
The elimination of the whole nation and the people," Zelensky told the CBS program Face the Nation, according to a transcript provided by
the network on Sunday."We are the citizens of Ukraine
We have more than 100 nationalities
This is about the destruction and extermination of all these nationalities," Zelensky said amid a chorus of international outrage over the
behavior of Russian troops in Ukraine.Three days after the invasion started on Feb
24, Ukraine filed a complaint at the International Court of Justice in The Hague accusing Russia of "planning acts of genocide."In the
we don't want to be subdued to the policy of Russian Federation
This is the reason we are being destroyed and exterminated," Zelensky said, according to the CBS transcript."And this is happening in the
Europe of the 21st century
So this is the torture of the whole nation," he added.Zelensky also called for a complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine "to
de-occupation, about how do we live on after this," he added."So I can't even have a meeting when the shelling is going on
Then we can have a meeting with the Russian president," said Zelensky."Let's simply sit down together
The two of us, we will discuss
At a point in time when the end of the war will come, and after we discuss the security guarantees together and the neutral non bloc status
but preserving our sovereignty, a strong army," the president said.
