Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov expressed this opinion during a speech at an extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers.

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"Russia's goal is to destroy the free world embodied by NATO and the EU. It is only a matter of time before Russia attacks a neutral country or a NATO country in Europe," Reznikov warned.

Therefore, the Ukrainian defense minister called for leaving it at the words, statements and declarations of intent of the past. And to move on.

"Now is the time for strong decisions that will shape the new world order. Which is based on law, humanism, truth and justice. Where terrorists and tyrants will not be able to dictate freedom," Reznikov said.

Here are the main points of the Ukrainian minister's speech at the extraordinary meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defense ministers.

  • After the failure of blitzkrieg tactics, the Kremlin and its generals have switched to terror tactics - with mass killings of civilians, destruction and cruelty. I assure you that this tactic will also fail. The only question is what price Ukraine will pay for it.

  • It has now been confirmed that in the three weeks of the active phase of the war, the Russian occupiers have already killed 103 Ukrainian children, more than 100 have been maimed, and about 3,000 civilians have been killed.

  • The occupiers are committing a real genocide in Mariupol. The city is being wiped off the face of the earth with planes, rockets and artillery. Local authorities estimate the loss of civilians at about 20,000, and this number is increasing by the minute.

  • The war against Ukraine is the war against the world. In an effort to destroy Ukraine, Russia has launched the war against humanism, international law, peace and freedom - values that make us human beings, not machines or beasts. In the fields and cities of Ukraine, people, our people, are fighting against beasts in machines.

  • The Ukrainian army is controlled and ready to fight. Tens of thousands of patriots have taken up arms to defend Ukraine. All our military units act as one body and according to the plan of the Supreme Commander's headquarters in Kyiv.

  • Russia has already lost more soldiers than in the two Chechen wars. More than 13,000 soldiers, more than 400 tanks and 1,200 armored vehicles. We have shot down 80 planes and almost 100 helicopters. We took out a few Russian generals.

  • But the consequences of the criminal actions of the Russian occupiers can be catastrophic. They have already captured two Ukrainian nuclear power plants - Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhya, and the Kremlin is already attacking a nuclear facility, endangering millions of people. It will not be possible to watch the nuclear catastrophe on TV.

  • Already three million refugees from our country are rescued in neighboring countries. There could be many times more. The migration crisis because of the Syrian war, which was also largely inspired by Russia, will be obsolete if NATO plays into its hands.

  • Russia's goal is to destroy the free world, embodied by NATO and the EU. It is only a matter of time before Russia strikes a neutral country or NATO country in Europe.

  • The Kremlin is the collective Hitler of the 21st century. This is not a metaphor or an exaggeration.

  • The time for words, declarations, statements of intent is over. It is time to act.

  • Now is the time for strong decisions that will shape the new world order. One based on law, humanism, truth and justice. An order in which terrorists and tyrants can no longer dictate will.