{"id":1223894,"date":"2025-09-24T19:22:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1223894"},"modified":"2025-09-24T19:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:22:52","slug":"zelenskyy-at-un-stopping-putin-now-is-cheaper-than-preparing-for-a-nuclear-drone-catastrophe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-at-un-stopping-putin-now-is-cheaper-than-preparing-for-a-nuclear-drone-catastrophe\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy at UN: Stopping Putin Now Is Cheaper Than Preparing for a Nuclear Drone Catastrophe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/strong> called on the international community to <strong>stop Russian dictator Vladimir Putin immediately<\/strong> before the global arms race leads to disaster. His remarks were delivered at the <strong>UN General Assembly<\/strong>, with the live broadcast available on the <strong>UN portal<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/Wygh5cmvOGQ?si=T1WnPHqOe_uCSGEy\"><strong>Presidential Office YouTube channel<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201c<strong>The facts are simple:<\/strong> stopping this war now \u2014 and with it the global arms race \u2014 is <strong>cheaper than building underground kindergartens or massive bunkers<\/strong> for critical infrastructure later. Stopping Putin now is cheaper than trying to protect every port and ship from sea drones. Stopping Russia now is cheaper than guessing <strong>who will first build a simple drone with a nuclear warhead<\/strong>,\u201d Zelenskyy stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized the need to <strong>use all available means to compel the aggressor to stop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOnly then will we have a real chance that this arms race does not end in catastrophe for all of us. If weapons are needed, if pressure on Russia is needed \u2014 it must be done. <strong>Now.<\/strong> Otherwise, Putin will continue to advance the war \u2014 broader and deeper. And as we warned before \u2014 Ukraine is just the first. Russian drones are already flying over Europe, and Russian operations are spreading across countries,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelenskyy warned that <strong>Putin wants to continue and expand the war<\/strong>, leaving no one in the world truly safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He reiterated that <strong>Russia, a permanent UN Security Council member, is waging the largest war since World War II<\/strong> and shows no intention of ending it, highlighting the urgency of <strong>global action to prevent further escalation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the international community to stop Russian &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1223898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36418,49,36415],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1223894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-11473-news-en-2","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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