Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Russia does not intend to end its invasion while Ukraine protects itself.
“This is a war in Ukraine that Russia started, that Russia continues and that Russia does not want to end. Ukraine defends its own land, its sovereignty, its territory. Ukraine fights for peace,” the president said on Facebook.
“This is a cruel paradox of the twenty-first century and for us this is reality,” he added in his message, which he accompanies with images of Ukrainian defenders.
Earlier in his usual evening speech, Zelensky was convinced that Ukraine will be able to gradually liberate areas occupied by Russian troops.
“Ukraine has resisted Russia’s brutal attacks. We have already managed to liberate part of the occupied territory after 24 February. Little by little we will liberate other areas of our country that are currently under occupation,” he said.
He also stressed that the most important thing is for Ukraine to maintain internal unity, while calling for remembering what the Ukrainian people had to endure in the past before they could restore the country’s sovereignty and independence.
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