The president Volodymyr Zelensky assured Ukrainians that “everything will be Ukraine”, in a statement released before Russian President Vladimir Putin began speaking in Moscow during a ceremony in which he announced the Kremlin’s intention to annex nearly a fifth of Ukraine in flagrant violation of international law.
“We have the situation under control,” Zelensky said on Telegram at the end of a meeting with Ukraine’s top military and security officials.
“Everything will be Ukraine”.
Zelensky said the officers heard reports from the front line, “considered additional plans for the liberation of our territories”, analyzed “possible enemy actions in the near future” and discussed the logistics of providing weapons and ammunition to the troops.
As Putin spoke, Andriy Yermak, President Zelensky’s chief of staff, posted a brief comment on Telegram, saying:
“We continue to work and liberate Ukrainian territories. We pay no attention to those who should be taking pills. The army is working, Ukraine is united. Just forward”.
Yermak’s message came as Ukrainian forces closed in on Russian positions around Lyman in eastern Donetsk, one of the areas Putin said Russia would annex.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed this Friday (30) the annexation of four regions of Ukrainian territory to Russia. The movement intensifies the war that has been going on for seven months and starts a new, unpredictable phase of the confrontation.
Moscow declares that the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, largely or partially occupied by Russian forces or supported by Russia, are part of Russia.
Source: CNN Brasil

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