Its mayor KievVitali Klitschko, stated on Tuesday (22/3) that the city will not be handed over, while war in Ukraine continues for the 27th day. “In the worst case, we will die but we will never surrender,” he told the Council of Europe, as Russian troops surround his city.
“As mayor of Kiev, I promise you one thing, the Russians will never enter Kyiv,” the former world boxing champion told a teleconference with the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Council of Europe assembly representing local elected and has its headquarters in Strasbourg, broadcasts APE-MPE.
“We fortified every building, every street, every corner of the city. We will fight to defend our city and our future. “We will not kneel,” he added.
“We need weapons, we are fighting one of the most powerful armies on the planet”
The former boxer called on European countries to support “economically, politically and militarily” Ukraine against Russia. “We need weapons, we are fighting one of the most powerful armies on the planet,” he said.
Today, a drone strike on a building of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv killed a man, according to a correspondent for the French Agency. On Sunday, Russian missile crashes in city mall, causing the death of at least eight people. According to Moscow, the mall “did not work” and served as a weapons depot.
A new curfew in the Ukrainian capital is in effect from Monday night until Wednesday morning, the third since the start of the war. Kyiv remains under threat from an attack by the Russian army, which is encamped in its northwestern and eastern suburbs.
Speaking at the same meeting, Ukrainian Minister of Communities and Territories Oleksiy Chernysov called on “European companies” in Russia to cease operations in the country.
“The companies that continue to work in Russia today, which are filling state coffers, are inflicting this barbarism,” he said.
“They are your companies. “Every time a coin falls into the coffers of the Russian state, there are bombs that kill Ukrainian citizens.”
Source: News Beast
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