Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council has banned the work of pro-Russian political parties as long as the law of war is in place in the country.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the move in a video speech.
“The activities of the politicians aimed at division or conspiracy will not succeed – but will get a strong response,” Zelenskyj said, according to the newspaper Ukrainska Pravda.
Among the affected parties are the Opposition Platform – For Life and the Opposition Bloc, represented in the National Assembly.
The eleven banned parties are considered either Eurosceptic, anti-liberal, or pro-Russian. Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Ministry of Justice had been ordered to implement the Security Council’s decision.
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Zelensky has just said there will be no territorial concessions to Russia – the Crimea and East Ukraine – so unless the Russians become willing to give those back, no peace treaty.
The Ukrainians must think they can win the war.
And at what cost? Better dead than red? No one knows how this is going to turn out.