Zelenskiy guarantees victory as Ukraine marks Defenders Day By Reuters

KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy marked Ukraine’s Defenders Day vacation on Friday by promising victory over Russia and freedom for Ukraine.

In a video deal with delivered on hills exterior the capital Kyiv, Zelenskiy thanked Ukraine’s armed forces for defending their nation. He stated all the things that had been taken away from Ukraine can be returned, and no soldier left in captivity.

“Plainly the present enemy in its evil unites all of the enemies of our statehood that we confronted earlier than,” Zelenskiy stated on the wooded hills exterior the village of Vitachyv, web site of an historic army outpost overlooking the Dnipro River.

“By defeating this enemy, we’ll reply to all enemies who encroached on Ukraine – on those that lived, who reside and who will reside on our land. This will probably be a victory for all our folks. This will probably be a victory for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, launched on Feb. 24, has killed 1000’s, displaced hundreds of thousands, pulverised cities and broken the worldwide financial system.

Ukrainian forces have made advances in current weeks, however Russia has carried out heavy air strikes that hit vitality amenities in addition to condo blocks this week.

“The world sees that Ukrainians don’t lose their humanity beneath any circumstances. The enemy can strike at our cities, however by no means at our dignity,” Zelenskiy, who was wearing khaki, stated in his video deal with marking the Oct. 14 public vacation.

(Writing in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly, Enhancing by Timothy Heritage)