President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Archival photoMOSCOW, January 21 Residents of Kiev rushed to buy food after a video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Rada deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko wrote on Telegram.
""Novus" on Levoberezhnaya in Kiev. Empty shelves with buckwheat and sugar, people are buying up everything. It seems that Zelensky’s address yesterday didn’t calm anyone down,” Goncharenko said.
The politician attached photos from the grocery store to his post. Earlier, Zelensky made a video message to the nation. The Ukrainian leader urged citizens not to panic over the news about the so-called «Russian threat» and not to believe fakes. According to him, now is not the time to «escalate the situation, buy up buckwheat and matches.» Western politicians have been claiming in recent months that Russia allegedly «concentrated troops on the border with Ukraine.» As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out, the armed forces are moving within the territory of the state — this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Moscow stressed that statements about «Russian aggression» are being used as a pretext for increasing NATO contingents in the border regions. greatness» of Ukraine