Zelensky compares the Russian invasion to the coronavirus pandemic and assures that "vaccines are weapons"

MADRID, 9 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, compared the Russian invasion to the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday and assured that "vaccines are weapons and sanctions."

"Weapons and sanctions are also a vaccine, a vaccine against a disease that Russia has brought," he said. "The virus is called hate and it is more deadly than COVID-19", she has expressed before referring to the war as "COVID-22".

In this sense, he pointed out that this virus spreads "through Russian propaganda, the impunity of the murderers, the permanence of Russian oil in the global market and the movement of Russian money within global financial systems."

Thus, he warned that Russian money "is already stained with blood" and recalled that thousands of people have died and millions have been forced to leave their homes due to the war.

"When hate knocks on your door, will you be prepared? Can a mask protect you from Russian COVID-22? Why is it so difficult to achieve sufficient guarantees?", he asserted, according to his Telegram account.

In addition, he has indicated that Russia has launched more than 2,600 missiles against Ukrainian territory, the majority "against civilian targets." "In 105 days of war, Russia has hit Ukrainian cities: businesses, bridges, universities and even residential buildings," she said, while estimating 283 children who have died since the beginning of the invasion.

On the other hand, he has warned that millions of people could "die of hunger" if Ukraine fails to export grain and has again warned that the current situation could cause a "global food crisis".

"This means that, unfortunately, there could be product shortages in dozens of countries around the world and millions of people could go hungry if Russia continues to block traffic in the Black Sea," he said. "While we try to protect freedom, another person continues to blackmail the world with starvation," she has settled.