“All the old evil that modern Russia brings back will be defeated the same way Nazism was defeated,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address posted on his social media. This release comes on the occasion of May 8, the day that commemorates the victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War.
“Just as we destroyed evil together then, we destroy similar evil together now,” he continued. And to add: “This evil, although different today, has the same goal: enslavement or destruction. A few days earlier, Russia launched a large-scale attack on kyiv, in which over thirty suicide drones were shot down over the capital.
This speech comes on the eve of a major military parade in Moscow supposed to exalt Russian patriotic sentiment, in which Vladimir Putin will participate.
” We will vanquish ! Volodymyr Zelensky promised again in this recorded speech in front of an imposing World War II memorial complex overlooking the Dnieper River in kyiv. “We will never forget the contribution of the Ukrainian people to the victory over Nazism,” he said. “And we won’t allow anyone to lie that victory in this war could have happened without the participation of another country or people. »
Ukraine says it is completing its preparations for a major offensive with the aim of reconquering the territories occupied by Russia in the east and south, in addition to the annexed Crimea. In recent days, drone attacks on the side of the Ukrainians and Russians have intensified, a sign, according to observers, of the imminence of this assault on kyiv.
