Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to the Russian people Thursday to stop President Vladimir Putin from waging war.

"The cost of one person in Russia wanting to continue this war will be that all Russian society will be left without a normal economy, without a decent life, and without respect for any human values," Zelensky said in his daily address.

"This can still be stopped. But to stop it, you have to stop the one person in Russia who wants war more than life. Your life, citizens of Russia."

Zelensky again dismissed the attempted annexation of four Russian-occupied regions of the country. "Russia will not get new territory in Ukraine," he said.

And the Ukrainian president shared a message specifically for Russia's indigenous peoples.

"During the first week of criminal mobilization, more men fled from Russia than the Russian authorities were officially going to send to war," Zelensky said.

"Dagestanis do not have to die in Ukraine. Chechens, Ingush, Ossetians, Circassians and any other peoples who came under the Russian flag. In total, almost 200 different peoples. ... You know who sends them to Ukraine."

Some context: Zelensky's appeal to indigenous groups comes after warnings from activists in Russia that ethnic minorities are being disproportionately mobilized.