U.S. President Joe Biden first revealed Zelensky's responsibility for the war by revealing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not heed the US warning of a Russian invasion on the 10th. .
In a special video address on the second day of the Asian Security Conference (Shangri-La Dialogue) on the 11th, President Zelensky said, “The battlefield in Ukraine is where the future of the world is decided. It will have an impact," he said, expressing his gratitude for "support from Western and Asian countries" and demanded 'strengthening support', saying, "This kind of support and support must continue."
People's Strength Representative Lee Jun-seok announced on the 8th that immediately after his visit to Ukraine, the government provided $1.2 million in support for the safety of nuclear power plants.
On the 8th, the government announced that four nuclear-related ministries, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Nuclear Safety Committee, jointly launched the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to safely operate a nuclear power plant in Ukraine, which is under military threat from Russia. announced $1.2 million in aid.
After meeting with President Zelensky on the 6th, CEO Lee told reporters, “We had practical conversations about exchange, support, and cooperation between the two countries. I will try to convey the Ukrainian side's position on this matter and, above all, the circumstances confirmed during this visit."
President Biden told reporters at a fundraising event in Los Angeles that day, about the possibility of a Russian invasion, "there was data to keep [the assessment]. [President Putin] was going to go into the border, there was no doubt about it." President Lensky and a lot of people didn't want to hear it. I understand why they didn't want to hear it, but he (Putin) eventually invaded." Even before announcing a "special military operation" against Ukraine on Sunday, he had warned several times that Russia was preparing for an invasion, but it turned out that President Zelensky ignored it.
After the invasion, President Zelensky continued to demand “arms aid” and “donation of war expenses” from the European Union and the West.
The Russian ambassador to the UN told the BBC on the 8th, “The ‘special military operation’ being carried out in Ukraine is progressing according to the plan. “Relevant plans were conceived on the basis of the original military plan, and of course there were some tactical changes as we could not anticipate everything that would happen at the forefront,” he said. will,” he said.
From the beginning of the invasion, Russia said it was a “special military operation”.
The U.S. provided more than $30 billion in short-term aid to Ukraine, more than double the $15 billion in aid to Afghanistan.
In Ukraine, 6.6 million people went abroad as war refugees (of which 2.1 million returned), 8 million internally displaced, and 13 million people trapped in war zones, Voice of America (VOA) reported on the 9th.