Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said protecting the country’s capital Kiev was a “key priority” for the state.
“Kharkiv and Kiev are currently the most important targets for Russia. Terror is made to break us. To break our resistance. They are going to our capital, as well as to Kharkiv,” he said in a message posted on Facebook on Tuesday (1).
“Therefore, the defense of the capital today is the main priority for the state,” added Zelensky.
The Ukrainian president added that “Kiev is special”.
“If we protect Kiev, we will protect the state. This is the heart of our country. And it must keep hitting. And it will continue to beat, so that life triumphs,” he declared.
In his message to Ukrainians, Zelensky also described Tuesday’s attack on Kharkiv’s central square as an act of terrorism.
“This is terror against the city, this is terror against Kharkiv, terror against Ukraine. There was no military target in the square,” Zelensky said.
“The rocket in the central square is absolute and undisguised terror. Nobody will forgive. Nobody will forget. This attack on Kharkiv is a war crime.”
“We urge all countries in the world to respond immediately and effectively to this criminal tactic by the aggressor and declare that Russia is committing state terrorism. We demand full accountability for terrorists in international courts,” Zelensky said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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