In a new video posted to Twitter early Saturday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied any reports that Ukraine will lay down its weapons. The publication carried the caption “don’t believe the fakes”.
“I am here. We will not lay down our weapons. We will be defending our country, because our weapon is the truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we are going to defend all of that,” he said.
“That’s it. That’s all I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine.”
In a separate tweet this morning, he added that he had just spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron. “Weapons and equipment from our partners are on their way to Ukraine,” he wrote. “The anti-war coalition is working!”
A new day on the diplomatic frontline began with a conversation with @EmmanuelMacron. Weapons and equipment from our partners are on the way to Ukraine. The anti-war coalition is working!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 26, 2022
Building is hit in Kiev
After the attacks in the early hours of Saturday (26), the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, said that a residential building was hit by a missile.
According to Vitaliy Klitschko, emergency teams rushed to the scene. There is no information on casualties or the circumstances of the possible attack.
In a statement on social media, he said that “it will be difficult”, but that “we have to persevere”.
understand the conflict
After months of military escalation and intemperance on the Ukrainian border, Russia attacked the Eastern European country. At dawn on Thursday (24), Russian forces began to bomb several regions of the country – follow the repercussion live on CNN.
Hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized a “special military operation” in the Donbas region (eastern Ukraine, where the breakaway regions of Luhansk and Donetsk are located, which he recognized as independent).
What was seen in the following hours, however, was an attack on almost the entire Ukrainian territory, with explosions in several cities, including the capital Kiev.
According to Ukrainian officials, dozens of deaths have been confirmed in the armies of both countries.
In his speech before the attack, Putin justified the action by saying that Russia could not “tolerate threats from Ukraine”. Putin urged Ukrainian soldiers to “put down your weapons and go home”.
The Russian leader also said that he will not accept any kind of foreign interference. This attack on the former Soviet neighbor threatens to destabilize Europe and involve the United States.
Russia has been tightening its military grip around Ukraine for the past year, amassing tens of thousands of troops, equipment and artillery at the country’s gates. In recent weeks, diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions have been unsuccessful.
The escalation in the years-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine has set off the continent’s biggest security crisis since the Cold War, raising the specter of a dangerous confrontation between Western powers and Moscow.
(From Sarah Marsh and Madeline Chambers of Reuters and Eliza Mackintosh of CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
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