What they’re saying: “How did we end up in the biggest security crisis since the end of the Cold War? To me, as the president of the country which lost part of its territory, thousands of people, the country surrounded by 150,000 troops on our borders, this answer is obvious,” Zelensky said.

“The security architecture of Europe and beyond is almost destroyed. It’s too late now to talk about fixing it. It’s high time for a new one,” he continued.

“15 years ago, it was the Russian Federation that made a statement here challenging the global security order. How did the world respond? Appeasement.”

Zelensky went on to criticize NATO for claiming it has an “open-door” policy while refusing to let Ukraine in, and called for the alliance to provide a time frame for his country’s eventual membership.