Staten Island, United States—As he looked at the missing limbs and grief-stricken faces of wounded Ukrainian soldiers being treated in
a US hospital, President Volodymyr Zelensky had one word for Russian leaders heading to a key UN summit: “terrorists.”
Before meeting world leaders, Zelensky headed to Staten Island University Hospital, where a group of Ukrainian soldiers are receiving prosthetic arms and legs and rehabilitation services. PEP TALK. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks while visiting with wounded Ukrainian soldiers at the Staten Island University Hospital in the Staten Island borough of New York City on Tuesday. AFPThe soldier paused, then answered: “It’s okay.”Nine Ukrainian soldiers are currently undergoing treatment at the hospital.
“He said ‘I’ve never seen people who have such a strong desire to return home,’” Zelensky said of one physician. “We all will be waiting for you to come back home, we absolutely need every one of you, every strong Ukrainian fighter in order to defeat our enemy. I am convinced that it will certainly happen.”Asked by a journalist about the possibility of ending up in the same room with Russian representatives during the General Assembly, Zelensky turned somber.
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