Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared a tough fight against his country’s opponents. “You will not have peace here, you will not have food here, you will not have a quiet minute here,” said the 44-year-old in a video message on Thursday night.
Occupiers would only get one thing from the Ukrainians: “So fierce resistance that they will forever remember that we will not give up what is ours.”
Within a week (since Russia’s invasion) Ukraine foiled plans that the “enemy” had been preparing for years. Selenskyj spoke of almost 9,000 Russians killed. The morale of the Russian army is deteriorating. Russian soldiers were being taken prisoner every day. “And they only say one thing. They don’t know what they’re here for,” he said.
The Russian soldiers are not warriors of a superpower. “These are children who have been used. Bring them home,” said Zelenskyj. Ukraine doesn’t want to be covered in corpses. “Tell your commander that you wish to live and not die.”
Referring to the UN General Assembly, in which most countries on Wednesday in New York supported a resolution condemning Russia’s attack, Zelenskyy said: 141 countries voted for Ukraine, for Russia 4 – North Korea, Eritrea, Syria, Belarus. “This is the list. Those are the friends.”
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry had previously reported that more than 5,840 Russian soldiers had been killed since the war began. The Russian Ministry of Defense disagreed. According to him, 498 Russian soldiers have been killed so far. These were the first official numbers from Russia since the beginning of the war. The information is not independently verifiable. (dpa)
Source: Tagesspiegel
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