{"id":39143,"date":"2022-06-04T13:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T10:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=39143"},"modified":"2022-06-04T17:52:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T14:52:16","slug":"zelensky-called-on-us-mayors-to-sever-twinning-with-russian-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukrgate.com\/eng\/?p=39143","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky called on US mayors to sever twinning with Russian cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelensky called on US mayors to sever twinning with Russian cities ,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KYIV.&nbsp;UkraineGate , 4 , June , 2022 | Political News .&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on US mayors to reconsider twinning relations between American and Russian cities.&nbsp;He said this while addressing the participants of the 90th annual conference of mayors of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President noted that dozens of American cities maintain the so-called twinning with the cities of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Chicago and Moscow.&nbsp;Jacksonville and Murmansk.&nbsp;San Diego &#8211; Vladivostok.&nbsp;Albany and Tula.&nbsp;What do these connections give you?&nbsp;Probably nothing.&nbsp;But they allow Russia to say that it is not isolated even after the start of such a war.&nbsp;Each of you sees how the Russian army is at war and what it is doing with the peaceful cities of Ukraine.&nbsp;Its cruelty is no different from the tyrannies of previous times, &#8220;Zelensky said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He reminded that since February 24, Russia has used almost 2,500 different&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unn.com.ua\/uk\/news\/1979609-rosiya-vipustila-po-ukrayini-priblizno-2-5-tis-raket-zelenskiy\">missiles<\/a>&nbsp;against Ukraine .&nbsp;Zelensky expressed confidence that many had seen and heard what Russian soldiers had done in Bucha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that the beginning of the annual conference of mayors of the United States this year fell on the hundredth day of Russia&#8217;s full-scale war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Call for even more pressure on Russia.&nbsp;Don&#8217;t help her justify herself.&nbsp;Don&#8217;t keep in touch with her.&nbsp;And please, please do not allow those who became murderers to call you their brothers and sisters, &#8220;Zelensky addressed the mayors of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:\u00a0Ukrgate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zelensky called on US mayors to sever twinning with Russian cities , Volodymyr Zelenskyy KYIV.&nbsp;UkraineGate , 4 , June , 2022 | Political News .&nbsp; 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