“Either help us now and talk for days, or it will be too late”

“I hope we will never again encounter a situation where increased pressure on sanctions requires Bucha-like brutality.” This was stated by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on his visit to NATO, who listed “weapons, weapons and ammunition.”

“Do not tell us that you still think you have to do the paperwork, that there are a lot of issues to be resolved before a decision is made,” Kuleba said after the meeting. “Or help me now.” I am talking about days and not weeks, otherwise help will come too late. And many people will die. Many civilians will lose their homes. “Many villages will be destroyed just because help came too late.”

At the beginning of the meeting, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, agreed with him: “Zelensky has a lot of support, but what he really needs is weapons. Good words, but the main thing is more resources, more military capabilities, more sanctions, more international isolation of Russia. I hope that today the fifth package of sanctions will finally be approved by the EU ambassadors and I will be able to announce new measures when I travel to Kyiv. “I also hope that Russia will suspend the UN Human Rights Committee.”

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg intervened at the end of the meeting: “We agreed that we should further strengthen and maintain support for Ukraine in order for Ukraine to win against the Russian invasion.”

“The more weapons we have and the sooner they reach Ukraine, the more lives will be saved,” Kuleba said. This is my message to the allies, it’s very simple. And I urge all allies to bury their doubts in order to provide Ukraine with everything it needs. “No matter how strange it may seem, today the weapon serves the purpose of peace.”

According to Kuleba, “Bucha massacre is the tip of the iceberg. We already see from Mariupol reports that this is all the worse. How does one feel when talking to Russians after all this? I have only one question with the Russians. Who are they? Where do they come from that have no compassion and sympathy, neither with children, nor with raped and murdered women and girls, nor with civilians. The elderly. Even pets and pets. They kill pets. Who are they? Who are these people? And I ask myself this question, I also understand that to avoid more bugs, we need to talk and see how we can end this war. ”

The Spanish Foreign Minister, Jose Manuel Albares, has so far ruled out the shipment of heavy weapons, such as tanks sent by the Czech Republic: “This is not on the table. We make decisions in concert and it is not on the table. Spain is already assisting with military supplies, humanitarian aid, sanctions and political support.

“I do not think Ukrainians should pay for their lives, health and suffering because of the political will of their partners to impose sanctions,” Kuleb said.

Regarding the sanctions, Borrell explained that the embargo on Russian oil: “It is not in the package that is being considered today, which contains coal. But it will be discussed by EU foreign ministers on Monday. I hope he will be adopted sooner. ”

In this regard, the Ukrainian minister pointed to the German government: “Germany has taken a revolutionary step, changing its position on the supply of weapons and the refusal to supply anti-tank weapons to Ukraine. However, it is clear that Germany can do more and we are working with the German government to provide us with additional weapons. What worries me the most is the timing of procedures and decision-making in Berlin. “As long as Berlin has time, not Kiev.”

In this way, Kuleba specified the type of weapons required: “airplanes, small-range missiles, armored vehicles and heavy anti-aircraft defense systems.”

“Germany is supporting Ukraine with its defense capabilities, with various weapons, and we are looking at how we can support them more in the future,” said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

“There are two ways to supply arms,” ​​he said. . The second approach is completely different: “We will provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons so that neither we nor NATO will have to fight in this war, because the Ukrainians will do it for us.” I believe that the treatment offered by Ukraine is fair. “They are giving us weapons, we are sacrificing our lives and the war in Ukraine has stopped.”

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg explained that “NATO allies supply many different types of weapons, as well as heavier systems, advanced systems and systems that can shoot down aircraft and, of course, attack Russian armor.”

“What we also saw,” Stoltenberg said, “is that we need gun support and increased sanctions.” And I welcome the fact that NATO allies are now in the process of tightening sanctions against Russia. NATO supports Ukraine but does not send troops to the ground: we have a responsibility to ensure that this conflict does not spread beyond Ukraine and become even more deadly, more dangerous and more destructive.

Russian soldiers were tortured and killed

In a video published by The New York Times in which Ukrainian soldiers torture and kill Russian soldiers, Kuleba replied: “I have not seen it. I want to assure you that the Ukrainian army follows the rules of war. Of course, there may be isolated cases of violation of these rules and they will definitely be investigated. But I want to check out the date of this video because now one thing you need to understand.

Kuleb addressed Politico journalist Lily Bayer, who asked him: “You can not understand. I’m sorry, but you do not understand how he feels after seeing photos of Bucha talking to people who ran away because they knew the man had been raped for four days in a row. And when he finally arrived in Kyiv, he was taken directly to a psychiatrist. “You do not understand what it feels like to be raped by Russian soldiers.”

“This is not an excuse for those who break the rules of war on both sides of the front line,” Kuleb said, “but there are some things you just do not understand. IM sorry”.

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