Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed serious doubts about negotiating with Russia to end the ongoing war of aggression against his country. Russia is committing an international crime, Zelensky said of Russian President Vladimir Putin at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York.

“That is why this war cannot go away. That is why this war cannot be pacified through negotiations,” Zelensky said. He added: Action must be taken.

“Russia can only be forced to make peace”

“From the first second of this war, Russia has done things that cannot be justified by the UN Charter,” Zelensky said. He added: “Russia can only be forced to make peace, and that is what is needed.”

“Ukraine knows that some people in the world want to talk to Putin,” the Ukrainian president said: “But what can they ask from him? Is he upset because we are exercising the right to defend our people? Or does he want to continue war and terror so that no one will think he is wrong?”

Blinken wants to crack down on Russia’s aides

Zelensky said Putin “doesn’t suspend many international norms and rules on his own.” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for more efforts for peace talks in Ukraine.

However, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called for more decisive action against Russia’s backers. In particular, Blinken highlighted Russia’s support from North Korea and Iran. Blinken also cited China as helping Russia maintain the war machine.

Trump: “We have to leave”

While campaigning in Georgia, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke out in favor of withdrawing the US. Trump said President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris — Trump’s campaign rival — dragged America into the war.

America could get out of the war only if he was president: “I will do it. I will negotiate and get us out. We have to leave. “