Ukrainian Prez. Zelensky warns NATO

Ukraine flag taken down in Melitopol, as Russia captures the town

Ukraine PM calls for Russia’s expulsion from Council of Europe

By NewsOnRadar Bureau Last updated Jul 16, 2024

Kyiv, March 13 (UNI) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday warned NATO that if his country’s sky not closed, Russian missiles will fall on NATO territory. Zelensky said in his official Telegram channel: “Last year, I made a clear warning to NATO leaders that if there were no tough preventive sanctions against Russia, it would start a war, we were right. “I have been saying for a long time that Nord Stream is a weapon that will hit Europe. Now it’s obvious,” he said. Zelensky added: “I repeat again – if you do not close our sky, it is only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your territory… NATO territory. On the homes of citizens of NATO countries.” The warning came as several Russian missiles hit Ukraine including a strike on the International Center for Peacekeeping and Security in Yavoriv near Lviv which killed 35 people and injured 134.

Ukrainian flag was taken down in Russian-occupied Melitopol’s Victory Square on Monday. A news outlet RIA-Melitopol posted one of the photos, saying the flag was taken down by public works employees, CNN reported.

Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Monday urged the Council of Europe to expel Russia from its ranks at the human-rights body. Addressing parliamentarians from across Europe at an emergency meeting of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Shmyhal said, “The right to life is one of the key fundamental rights and today at the centre of Europe this right is being violated every minute and every second.” He said that Russia does not deserve to be a member of Council of Europe where “in this single European family where human life is the highest value”. He pointed out that the world has “finally opened its eyes” to Vladimir Putin’s real intentions while the Russian forces are “behaving like terrorists”. “They bombard schools, kindergartens, hospitals. They kill children.