Zelensky warns Moscow it’s sowing a deep hatred for Russia among Ukrainians

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky angrily warns Moscow that it is sowing a deep hatred for Russia among his people, as constant artillery barrages and aerial bombings are reducing cities to rubble, killing civilians and driving others into shelters, leaving them to scrounge for food and water to survive.

“You are doing everything so that our people themselves leave the Russian language, because the Russian language will now be associated only with you, with your explosions and murders, your crimes,” Zelensky says in an impassioned video address.

He also reiterates a call for planes while urging allies to supply Ukraine with more weapons.

“We need more ammunition. We need it to protect not only Ukraine but other Eastern European countries that Russia threatened to invade,” he says.

“During the meeting… with our American colleagues in Poland, we made it clear again,” he says.

“What is NATO is doing? Is it being run by Russia? What are they waiting for? It’s been 31 days. We are only asking for one percent of what NATO has, nothing more.”