‘F**k away to Russia’: Zelensky wants US, Europe to deport Russian elites, here’s why

‘F**k away to Russia’: Zelensky wants US, Europe to deport Russian elites, here’s why

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Photograph: (AFP)

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the US and Europe to deport Russian elites’ relatives and expand sanctions, praising President Donald Trump for targeting Lukoil and Rosneft.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on Monday (Feb 16), urged the US and European nations to deport Russian elites who support Moscow’s war effort. In a post on social media platform X, Zelensky said that rich relatives of Russian officials must return home from European countries since they lack “respect" for anyone.

"Europeans have done a lot. But they haven’t yet sanctioned Russian nuclear energy, Rosatom, the persons and their relatives, their children, who live off their money in Europe, in the United States, who pay with these profits for their education at European universities, who own real estate in the United States. A lot of real estate. They financially support children and relatives everywhere," the Ukrainian leader said in the post.

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"F**k away to Russia. Go home. You don't respect anybody in the United States. You don't respect the rules. You don't respect democracy. You don't respect Ukraine or Europe. Go home," he added to the post.


Moreover, the Ukrainian president praised his American counterpart, Donald Trump, for sanctioning Lukoil and Rosneft. "Total sanctions means total. President Trump took strong steps sanctioning Lukoil and Rosneft. We are thankful to him. He can sanction all of their energy, in particular nuclear energy. And it will be a powerful message to the Europeans," he said.

Moreover, Zelensky said that intelligence reports said that Russians will continue to launch "massive attacks" on energy targets. The president added that more attacks from Russia will make it more difficult to produce an agreement on ending the war, which has been ongoing for around four years now. The Ukrainian leader claimed that Russian attacks are "evolving" with combinations of weapons and require special defence.

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