Zelenskyy to Russians: If you remain silent, you are complicit in war

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SUNDAY, 14 AUGUST 2022, 22:22

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that those Russians who do not actively express their opposition to the war in Ukraine are, in fact, complicit in it.

Source: President Zelenskyy’s video address

Quote: "[W]hen evil takes on such proportions, people’s silence approaches the level of complicity. And refraining from taking up an active stance against evil will only assist it.

Therefore, if you have Russian citizenship and you are silent, it means that you are not fighting, and thus that you are supporting evil.

And no matter where you are, on the territory of Russia or abroad, you must voice your support for Ukraine, and therefore voice your opposition to this war."

Details: Zelenskyy also noted that in the near future, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine [the Ukrainian parliament - ed.] will have to make a decision on the extension of martial law and general mobilisation.

"This is an obvious decision, and the reasons for making it are obvious," he said.

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