Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, also referenced how Russian forces shelled the Babyn Yar, Ukraine's main Holocaust memorial, in an appeal for aid.
on Sunday, Zelensky issued a plea for weapons to help fight the Russians. During his speech, he said that the Russian invasion was a"large-scale and treacherous war" aimed at destroying"everything that makes Ukrainians Ukrainians."
"That is why I have the right to this parallel and to this comparison. Our history and your history. Our war for our survival and World War II," Zelenskyy said. "Listen to what the Kremlin says. Just listen," he said."When the Nazi party raided Europe and wanted to destroy everything. Destroy everyone. Wanted to conquer the nations. And leave nothing from us, nothing from you. Even the name and the trace. They called it 'the final solution to the Jewish issue.' You remember that. And I'm sure you will never forget!"
Zelenskyy — who is himself Jewish — then likened the invasion of Ukraine to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's own"final solution" to the"Ukrainian question." "You saw Russian missiles hit Kyiv, Babyn Yar. You know what kind of land it is. More than 100,000 Holocaust victims are buried there," Zelenskyy said,