Ukraine President pressures Germany as it fails to back SWIFT ban 'Have courage!'

Speaking at a press conference today, Ukraine’s president Zelenskyy said his nation is still in control of Kyiv. Today he announced that the capital Kyiv was still under Ukrainian control after Russia launched an invasion on Thursday. He said: “We have withstood and are successfully repelling enemy attacks.

He said: “We only have so many options.

“We are going to work all day to try and get it.”

The news comes as Ukraine’s president said: “Anyone who wants to come over here and defend our country, please come.

“We will give you arms.”

Mr Zelenskiy also said on Saturday that it was now “a crucial moment” to decide on Ukraine’s membership of the European Union.

In a tweeted he stated he had discussed with European Council President Charles Michel “further effective assistance and the heroic struggle of Ukrainians for their free future”.

President Zelensky addressed the world from Kyiv saying “we have to defend our country, to defend Europe”.

Sanctions and now “an economy crippling” SWIFT payment ban on Russia could accelerate the use of cryptocurrency alternatives “in order for Russia to be protected from such actions” Mati Greenspan, the founder and CEO of Quantum Economics.

source: express.co.uk