Zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russia’s revenues and impede its war efforts

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed world leaders Wednesday that Vladimir Putin is the only obstacle to ending "the ridiculous and never-ending war, " and he called on nations sizeable and small to pressure the Russian president for peace.

Key points

• Earlier Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov clashed with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and his country's European supporters at a U.N.
• When Russia gets funds from trade, "it always says no to diplomacy, " Zelenskyy argued, "so Russia's revenues must remain a target."
• "Our target is Russia's ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal and more destructive, " Zelenskyy informed the U.N.

What happened

"Our target is Russia's ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal and more destructive, " Zelenskyy informed the U.N. General Assembly's annual gathering. "Russia's finances and Russia's production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped."

Earlier Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov clashed with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and his country's European supporters at a U.N. Security Council session, and Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on the assembly sidelines and discussed the war.

The bottom line

For now, zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russias revenues and impede remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.