Zelensky: Russia can only be stopped through joint efforts of Europe, US, Ukraine's partners

Russia can be stopped only through the joint efforts of Europe, the United States, and all of Ukraine's partners.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in his nightly video address, Ukrinform reports.

Today marks the 1,418th day of Russia's full-scale war, he said.

" They wanted to repeat – and they repeated the abuse of people, repeated fascism, repeated almost all the worst things that happened in the twentieth century. They even additionally invented warfare with Shaheds and ballistic missiles against power plants and boiler houses. But still, the Russians are trying to seize the same Donbas as almost four years ago. They want to lie once again that they 'took' Kupiansk. They keep dying endlessly in the fields of Zaporizhzhia region. And they are still fighting against Ukraine only – with all the help from our partners, it is only our people who are holding the front," Zelensky said.

This speaks volumes about the system Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has built, and about him personally, Zelensky said.

He stressed that Russian losses amount to no less than 1,000 killed per day – and this has been the case since December. This is how Russia is essentially paying just to keep the war from ending, Zelensky said.

"This is madness. And this Russian madness can only be stopped by combined forces – the forces of Europe and the United States, the forces of all our partners. Every day of this war is a reminder that the world cannot protect itself from madmen. We must protect it. Russia must be stopped," Zelensky said.

He expressed gratitude to everyone standing on Ukraine's side.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine