Show 'greater unity', Zelensky urges EU leaders

Show 'greater unity', Zelensky urges EU leaders

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed EU leaders in Brussels via video-link, saying that Europe must show “greater unity”, Qazet.az reports.

"It is time for you to be not separate, not fragments, but one whole," he said, calling for a new set of sanctions against Russia, including a ban on Russian oil.

Zelensky used his own country as an example, saying that by working together, Ukrainians have held back Russian troops more than most world leaders – including Putin – expected.

"If someone torpedoes a ship, it's impossible for one or more cabins to have hope to stay afloat when others drown," Zelensky said.

Zelensky also said Europe must stop internal "quarrels" on the sanctions, saying they only spur Russia on.