Zelenskyi Criticized the Red Cross: This Is Not a Club with Privileges

In his traditional daily address on October 13th, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi criticized the International Committee of the Red Cross for failure to send the mission to Olenivka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are kept.

" I believe that the International Committee of the Red Cross is not a club with privileges where they get paid and enjoy life. The Red Cross has obligations, primarily of a moral nature. The mandate of the Red Cross must be fulfilled. It is necessary to immediately do what is completely logical for the Red Cross. There is Olenivka. In fact, a concentration camp where our prisoners are kept. Access to them is required, as it was stipulated. The Red Cross can make it happen. But you have to try to make it happen. Ukraine is ready to facilitate this", the President stressed.

According to him, the mission of the Red Cross can work on the model of the mission of the IAEA.

"However, this requires leadership. Conscientiousness is required. Understanding who and why created such an institution as the Red Cross is required ", the President said.

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