For the reason that begin of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Moscow has launched 28,743 Shahed-type drones at Ukraine — with 2,736, or roughly 9.5%, fired in June 2025 alone, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated throughout a speech to the Dutch Parliament in The Hague.

Talking on June 24, he careworn that Russia would by no means have been in a position to perform such drone assaults with out help from Iran, and Ukraine, in flip, couldn’t have intercepted a lot of the drones with out the assistance of its worldwide companions.

Zelensky referred to as for accountability and emphasised that guidelines should apply to all — together with the Kremlin: "Putin pretends to not perceive the principles that form the trendy world. And right here, in The Hague, I need to say this very clearly to him: There’s a rule — don’t kill. There’s a rule — don’t deal with folks like beasts. There’s a rule — don’t destroy cities and villages. There’s a rule — don’t sponsor terror. There’s a rule — don’t steal kids. And in case you break these guidelines, you may be held accountable."

In keeping with Zelensky, these ideas — although troublesome for Russia to understand — kind the inspiration of worldwide norms, from the UN Constitution to Europe’s shared imaginative and prescient of life.

To realize lasting peace, Zelensky outlined two key strategic priorities. First, he referred to as for max isolation of Russia which incorporates full political isolation, complete sanctions, and the termination of any cooperation that enables Russia to outlive and proceed waging warfare.

"Each loophole that enables them to maintain going have to be closed. We’d like a robust 18th EU sanctions bundle. We’d like robust, painful sanctions on Russian oil. Each discount in Russia’s oil income helps deliver peace nearer," he stated.

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Zelensky argued that the simplest step could be imposing a $30-per-barrel value cap on Russian oil exports.

“The world should attain this threshold — not simply to assist cease Russia’s warfare towards us, however to stop any future army operations that Russia would possibly launch towards Europe and the Alliance,” he stated. “Army plans should change into prohibitively costly for Russia. We should absolutely block their tanker fleet and reduce them off from worldwide banking. That’s what works.”

Second precedence, in accordance with Zelensky, is the necessity for stability in protection help. "Russia should see that Ukraine won’t be left alone, and that Europe won’t again down."