# From Zelensky to Pezeshkian, five speeches that stood out at this year’s U.N. General Assembly debate

https://mins.news/en/item/72820

- Meduza, 2026-09-24 17:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/24/from-zelensky-to-pezeshkian-five-speeches-that-stood-out-at-this-year-s-u-n-general-assembly-debate

> U.N. meetings on September 23 produced prominent headlines, including speeches by the presidents of Ukraine, Iran and Argentina and an indirect exchange between Russia’s and Poland’s foreign ministers over Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky called Putin “patient zero” for spreading war, Lavrov said Russia would negotiate without suspending its “special military operation,” and Sikorski warned Putin could provoke a NATO country.

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