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Ukraine war: Zelensky urges West to do more for ‘fair peace’ after D-Day

  • 80 years after the D-Day landings of World War II, Europe is ‘unfortunately no longer a continent of peace’ after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Zelensky says

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The French parliament applauds Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after his speech in the National Assembly. Photo: AFP
Agence France-Presse
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday urged the West to do more to achieve a fair peace as Ukraine battles the Russian invasion and expressed confidence that Kyiv would emerge victorious in the conflict.
One day after Western leaders descended on northern France to mark the 80 year anniversary of the D-Day landings in World War II, Zelensky addressed the French parliament in Paris while US President Joe Biden was to deliver a keynote speech on democracy in Normandy.
Zelensky told France’s National Assembly he hoped a summit hosted by Switzerland later this month on bringing peace to Ukraine could hasten a fair end to the conflict.
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“The inaugural peace summit could become a format that would bring closer a just end to this war,” Zelensky said.

“I am grateful for all you are already doing and it is a lot. But for a fair peace, more must be done,” he said.

French members of parliament applaud as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (2nd from right, at podium) delivers his speech at the French national assembly as part of his visit to France. Photo: EPA-EFE
French members of parliament applaud as Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (2nd from right, at podium) delivers his speech at the French national assembly as part of his visit to France. Photo: EPA-EFE
He warned that 80 years after the D-Day landings of World War II, Europe was “unfortunately no longer a continent of peace” after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
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