KIEV, Feb 19President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Munich called on Western countries to create a fund for stability and recovery for Ukraine. «It is necessary to create a fund for the resilience and restoration of our state and a lend-lease program, provide Ukraine with new weapons, equipment, equipment for our army, develop an effective package of preventive sanctions to deter Russian aggression,» Zelensky said at a security conference on Saturday.Zelensky threatened to renounce Ukraine's nuclear-free statusAccording to him, the West also needs to guarantee Ukraine's integration into the EU energy market, since the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is already allegedly being used as a «weapon» against Ukraine and Europe. Western states have recently expressed concern about connection with the allegedly dangerous actions of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly rejected such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. Unsubstantiated allegations that Russia is preparing provocations continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. proposed to convene a UN Security Council summit Posted by Daria Buimova
