{"id":1356959,"date":"2022-03-03T13:52:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356959"},"modified":"2022-03-03T13:53:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T18:53:02","slug":"you-will-repay-us-everything-zelensky-demands-russia-pay-reparations-for-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-will-repay-us-everything-zelensky-demands-russia-pay-reparations-for-war\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;You Will Repay Us Everything&#039;: Zelensky Demands Russia Pay &#039;Reparations&#039; for War"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyou-will-repay-us-everything-zelensky-demands-russia-pay-reparations-for-war%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1356959&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Munich-Security-Conference-2022-Convenes-During-Ukraine-Crisis-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued an address to the Russian people on Thursday, according to state media, in which he announced that Russia would pay \u201creparations\u201d and rebuild \u201ceverything\u201d the ongoing war has destroyed in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russian leader Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014, colonizing its Crimean Peninsula and supporting violent separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk, regions of eastern Ukraine. Last week, Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/21\/ukraine-completely-created-russia-putin-recognizes-sovereignty-pro-russian-separatists\/\">announced<\/a> that Russia would officially recognize Donetsk and Luhansk as sovereign states and that the pro-Russia separatists would receive recognition as sovereign governments. He then announced that those governments had requested Russian military assistance against Zelensky\u2019s \u201cNazi\u201d forces (Zelensky is the first Jewish president of Ukraine and a descendent of World War II veterans who fought Nazi Germany, as he has repeatedly responded to Russia\u2019s allegations).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The tone of Zelensky\u2019s speech on Thursday, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-ato\/3418898-zelensky-calls-on-russia-to-get-ready-to-pay-reparations-and-contributions.html\">reported<\/a> by the government news site Ukrinform, was significantly less conciliatory than his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/how-can-i-be-a-nazi-zelenskyys-direct-appeal-to-russians-before-ukraine-attack\/\">address<\/a> to the Russian people last week shortly after Putin began a full-scale assault of Ukraine, in which he emphasized friendly relations between Ukrainian and Russian people and urged Russians to pressure Putin to stop the war. The shift in tone aligns with that of statements from Ukrainian outlets on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/03\/ukrainian-forces-account-surrendering-russian-artillerymen-will-be-slaughtered-like-pigs\/\">declaring<\/a> that Russian soldiers would be \u201cslaughtered like pigs\u201d if they attempted to surrender. Ukrainian government social media outlets are actively encouraging civilians to make Molotov cocktails, build roadblocks, and otherwise participate in the war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will restore every house, every street, every city. We tell Russia: learn the words \u2018reparations\u2019 and \u2018contributions,&#8217;\u201d Zelensky reportedly said. \u201cYou will repay us everything. Everything you did against our state, against every Ukrainian. In full. And we will not forget those who died. We. And God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou came to destroy our cities, to destroy our people, to deprive us of everything. Everything that is so dear to us,\u201d Zelensky accused, according to the translation by Ukrinform.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Zelensky went on to compare the Russian attack to the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, calling Russia \u201canother virus, another disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/ukraine-cities-bombardment-continues\/31733661.html\">Elsewhere<\/a> in his remarks, Zelensky insisted the Russian forces \u201cwould have no peace here\u201d and urged soldiers to \u201cgo home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky offered no details regarding how he would achieve full Russian reparations for the destruction caused by the invasion. The Ukrainian government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/25\/ukraine-accuses-russia-of-war-crimes-for-alleged-kindergarten-bombing\/\">filed<\/a> a case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Russian officials last week accusing the country of war crimes for alleged attacks on \u201ckindergartens and orphanages.\u201d The ICC has jurisdiction to host trials for individuals accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. It typically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruleoflaw.org.au\/sentencing-at-the-icc\/\">imprisons<\/a>, with the help of Rome Statute member states, those found guilty, but it can in rare cases also issue fines.<\/p>\n<p>In apparent anticipation of an international criminal case, members of the Zelensky administration and Ukrainian officials at other levels of government have flooded social media with images of alleged war crimes, particularly of evidence of alleged targeting of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1499369433571241985\">accused<\/a> the Russian government on Thursday of \u201cindiscriminate shelling of Ukrainian cities\u201d and has shared images of structural damage he claims was caused by Russian bombs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Each time when Russian liars say they don\u2019t drop bombs on Ukrainian cities, show this photo of a residential apartment building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region. Russians bombed the town for two days, killing many civilians. Stop barbaric Russia now. Close Ukrainian sky. Act now! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/prn764V6hR\">pic.twitter.com\/prn764V6hR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1499405936322134018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zelensky himself <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1498697538085568514\">accused<\/a> the Russian government of bombing a Holocaust memorial site, Babyn Yar. Video evidence shared by the Ukrainian government showed an assault on a TV tower near the Babyn Yar Memorial Complex, though some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/article\/sk8byetx9\">reports<\/a> indicate the memorial itself remains unharmed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Russian troops fired on the TV tower, near the Memorial complex <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BabynYar?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BabynYar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Russian criminals do not stop at anything in their barbarism. Russia = barbarian. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMJ6wSfpsS\">pic.twitter.com\/MMJ6wSfpsS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MFA of Ukraine \ud83c\uddfa (@MFA_Ukraine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MFA_Ukraine\/status\/1498689753448947722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Third parties have also documented extensive destruction in Ukraine. U.S.-based Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (RFE\/RL) published video of a Kyiv neighborhood on Thursday showing residential complexes partially on fire and turned to rubble.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Russian government has denied targeting civilians and, on Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20220303\/putin-nationalists-foreign-mercenaries-in-ukraine-use-civilians-as-human-shield-1093560887.html\">accused<\/a> Ukraine of using them as human shields. The Russian Defense Ministry specifically claimed that Western \u201cmercenaries\u201d were active in \u201cresidential areas,\u201d endangering local residents.<\/p>\n<p>Putin reportedly asserted in a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that he had no intention of retreating anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia intends to continue the uncompromising fight against militants of nationalist armed groups,\u201d the Kremlin claimed that Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/03\/03\/putin-vows-uncompromising-fight-as-ukraine-war-enters-second-week-a76737\">said<\/a> in the call, apparently referring to the Ukrainian military.<\/p>\n<p>The Agence-France Presse (AFP), citing an anonymous French source, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/france-macron-putin-ukraine-war\/31734369.html\">claimed<\/a> that Macron told Putin the Russian leader was \u201clying\u201d to himself and later lamented that \u201cthe worst is yet to come\u201d given Putin\u2019s rigid stance on the issue.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646222468875000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1__ppp1QWv9eqrKmuj9YvV\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1646222468875000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3pB323zxHDBfaVfWisSYER\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued an address to the Russian people on Thursday, according to state media, in which he announced that Russia would pay \u201creparations\u201d and rebuild \u201ceverything\u201d the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1356959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1356959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1356959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1356959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1356959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1356959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}