Zelensky Makes Dramatic Appeal to Russian People

“With Russia apparently poised to invade and overwhelm his country, Ukraine’s president made a dramatic televised plea to avoid war, appealing directly to the Russian people and their nations’ shared history and culture,” the New York Times reports.

“While acknowledging that Russians, whose news diet is tightly controlled, were unlikely to hear his words, Mr. Zelensky insisted that Ukraine had no grievance with Russia and meant no harm to Russians, disputing the picture of his country painted by the Russian government and news media.”

“It was, in all, an impassioned bid to save his country — delivered in Russian, his native language.”