Zelensky sacking envoys unable to convince host countries to oppose Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has recalled Ukraine’s ambassadors to Georgia and Morocco, suggesting they hadn’t done enough to persuade those countries to support Ukraine and punish Russia for the invasion.

“With all due respect, if there won’t be weapons, won’t be sanctions, won’t be restrictions for Russian business, then please look for other work,” Zelensky says in his nighttime video address to the nation Wednesday. “I am waiting for concrete results in the coming days from the work of our representatives in Latin America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and Africa.”

Zelensky also says he was expecting results from Ukraine’s military attaches in embassies abroad.

He says “the diplomatic front is one of the key fronts” in Ukraine’s battle to win the war against Russia.

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