“This is Russia’s attack on everything that is of value to you and me. Therefore, the reconstruction of Ukraine is not a local project, not a project of one nation, but a joint task of the entire democratic world”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said rebuilding Ukraine was the “common task of the whole democratic world.”
Speaking via video link during the international conference, Zelenskyy said the “reconstruction of Ukraine is the biggest contribution to the support of global peace.”
“Russia’s intention is to make such ruins and such losses an alleged “vision” of democracy and Europe. With this aggression, Russia wants to prove that it supposedly has not just territory under its control, but life as such, and that it can supposedly decide for everyone whether they will have life at all,” said Zelenskyy. “Therefore, this war is not just ours, not just a local one somewhere in the east of Europe. No. This is Russia’s attack on everything that is of value to you and me. Therefore, the reconstruction of Ukraine is not a local project, not a project of one nation, but a joint task of the entire democratic world — of all countries, certainly all countries that can say about themselves — we are civilized.”
Several world leaders and international organizations are attending the two-day conference. They are meeting to make up a roadmap for Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction.
