Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskiy made the statement on his social media accounts as Russia’s attacks continued. Ukraine will continue to fight against Russia, Zelenskiy said.
Zelenskiy said that the first hours and days when Russia launched its attacks were extremely difficult. This is going to go on. We will continue to stand upright.”
Russian troops have slowed down with ukrainian resistance, Zelenskiy said. The enemy has no strategic success.” Russia has had to change tactics, the Ukrainian president said, adding that “Russia’s missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian cities are an admission that they have not achieved significant success on our territory.”
“THE FIRST WEEK OF CONFLICTS WAS QUITE DIFFICULT”
“Ukraine will prevail against the invasion of Russian President Vladimir Putin,” Zelenskiy said, adding that Ukraine, where Covid-19 was first detected two years ago, was attacked by a new virus for the second time about a week ago. “The first week of the fighting was very difficult. But we are united, so we are strong and therefore we resisted.”
Kiev was also hit by a missile attack tonight, Zelenskiy said.
“Our air defense system is active. Herson, Izyum and other cities that have been hit by airstrikes have not given up. They also want to destroy Odessa. But they’ll only see the bottom of the Black Sea. Russia’s goal was the Assumption Cathedral in Hakov. In wars, cathedrals were refuges for the people of Kharkov, but now they’ve been hit. We’ll restore the cathedrals. There will be no trace of war. We will restore every house, every street, every street.”
YOU WILL PAY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
Against Russia, he said, “You will pay for what you have done. You have come to destroy our cities, our people,” Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said.
“Ukraine is receiving more and more arms support from its allies and true friends. Ukraine continues to meet with foreign volunteers. We don’t have soil from one ocean to the other. We don’t have nuclear weapons. We don’t fill the world market with oil or gas. But we have people and land. This is gold for us. That’s what we’re fighting for. We have nothing to lose, we have dignity and freedom. This is the greatest treasure for us. They’ve wanted to finish us off many times, but they’ve failed. They wanted to wipe us off the face of the earth, they failed. They wanted us to be quiet. But the whole world heard us. Now go home.”
