Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Ukrainian people on the occasion of Dignity Day
Ukraine’s president Volodímir Zelensky stressed on Monday that the country will “overcome everything” and “survive” until it can celebrate “Victory Day” in Kiev and Ukraine “in peace”. In the middle of the military offensive that Russia unleashed on February 24, Zelensky gave a Dignity and Freedom Day speech in which he stressed that the Russian invasion has changed “many things” both in Ukraine and “in Europe”. and the rest of the world”. “Something unchanged, which is the answer to the question of what Ukrainians are and what is important to us.”
“Those things are dignity and freedom,” he said. “We have always valued them and we are not afraid to defend them. We always knew what we wanted and this year everyone realized what we are capable of. Friends and foes have seen it. Allies and partners. We saw it for ourselves,” he said.
“Everyone has seen what kind of defenders we have. We have held our ground for one of the greatest armies in the world and we have become one of the best armies in the world,” Zelensky said, adding that “hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians” are standing “shoulder to shoulder”. ” have stood for “the dreams of a forever free Ukraine.
In this sense, the Ukrainian president also stressed that “everyone has seen what Ukrainian citizens are capable of”. “How to become a living wall in the path of the occupying military columns (…), to go to demonstrations under the occupation despite the shots and stun grenades,” he explained.
“We are ready to give everything we have so that the Ukrainian warrior looks decent, fights decent and wins decently,” he declared, before giving the example of “a famous model who cooks for warriors and fighters.” and “a TV presenter who prepares a ‘Bandera milkshake’», referring to Stepan Bandera.
Bandera is considered an icon by Svoboda and the Right Front, with fascist and racist overtones, who defend that he was a nationalist figure after asking the population in 1941 to “help” Nazi Germany’s army to conquer Moscow and overthrow Bolshevism» .
“We can run out of money, without gas, without hot water, without electricity, but not without freedom. That won’t change. We paid and are still paying a high price for freedom and we will never forget those who gave their lives for Ukraine. We will never forget those who took their lives and wanted to take away our freedom, but the important thing is that no one has succeeded and no one will,” he added.
On the other hand, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army indicated this Monday that 390 Russian soldiers had been killed in combat over the past day, bringing the total number since the beginning of the invasion to “about 84,600”.
For example, the Ukrainian armed forces pointed out that 2,892 main battle tanks, 1,870 artillery systems, 209 anti-aircraft systems and 5,822 self-propelled and armored multiple rocket launchers were also destroyed.
In addition, they have stated that 278 aircraft, 261 helicopters, 1,537 drones, 480 cruise missiles, 16 boats, 4,378 vehicles and fuel tanks, and 161 special equipment have been disabled. “The data is being updated. Hit the resident. Let’s win together. Our strength lies in the truth,” the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army confirmed in a message posted to his account on the social network Facebook.
Source: La Verdad
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