Volodomyr Zelensky has said that the post-war model for Ukraine will be a 'Big Israel' with a huge emphasis on security and defence and troops policing public spaces even after the war with Russia ends.
In a briefing to the Ukrainian people on Tuesday, Zelensky said: "We will become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face. We will not be surprised if we have representatives of the Armed Forces or the National Guard in cinemas, supermarkets, and people with weapons. I am confident that the question of security will be issue number one for the next ten years. I am sure of it.”
He added: “Israelis have lived surrounded by enemies for all of their history and Ukraine will be doing the same.”
The Ukrainian president also accused Russia of perpetrating the worst war crimes since World War Two in an impassioned address to the UN.
