Russia Must Be Forced Into Peace, Zelenskyy Tells UN Security Council

The Ukrainian president is preparing to present his ‘victory plan’ to President Biden, and later to Congress and the two presidential candidates.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, arrives to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2024. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared, during a Sept. 24 U.N. Security Council meeting, that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will only stop through a forceful response.

Zelenskyy said Russian President Vladimir Putin “has broken so many international norms and rules that he won’t stop on his own.”