Zelensky addresses participants in event of Federal President of Germany in support of Ukraine

The relevant statement was made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his video address to participants in the event of the Federal President of Germany, dedicated to solidarity with Ukraine, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“Now is the time when our bravery and our weapons can restore peace and create a historically important deterrent to any aggression. No one will dare to start aggression against another nation when they know that the free world will protect that nation. No one will ever again encroach on freedom when they know that the free world is determined enough to defend freedom. No one will repeat February 24 last year when they know that there is not a single occupier left on the entire territory of Ukraine,” Zelensky said.

In his words, last year everything changed not only for Ukraine but also Germany, the whole of Europe and the free world. What the free world has become accustomed to over decades of peace has turned out to be something that needs to be fought for.

“We are fighting on Ukrainian soil for what all of you, dear friends, cannot imagine your lives without. This is basic security. This is freedom and life under the law. This is human dignity and the right of every person and every community to be respected. This is happiness of living in a family and an opportunity to dream of a safe and free future for your children,” the President of Ukraine noted.

According to Zelensky, a total of 1,877 Ukrainian cities and villages are now deprived of these simple things. The occupier seeks to increase this number and add millions more broken lives to the already broken ones.

In Mariupol, 90% of houses were destroyed by Russians, and the occupiers want to turn these terrible ruins into concrete crumbs that will be used to build roads.

“We have to do everything possible and impossible to prevent Russia from turning Ukraine, our neighbors, and the whole of Europe, which Russian revanchism wants to reach, into concrete crumbs,” Zelensky stressed.

The President of Ukraine expressed confidence that it is possible to win this war if we stay united, determined and unbreakable.

Additionally, Zelensky thanked Germany for providing assistance to Ukraine from the first minutes of the Russian invasion.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine