The Ukrainian president said he was confident of victory and stressed that “we will rebuild what was destroyed.”
Returning from the southern front line in Ukraine, the country’s president Volodymyr Zelensky stated today that the morale of his soldiers remains high and that they have no doubt about their victory over the Russians.
During this rare visit outside Kiev, where he was fortified at the beginning of the conflict when the Ukrainian capital was threatened by the Russian army, Zelensky went to the town of Nikolaev on the Black Seavisiting the Ukrainian forces camping near and in the neighboring region of Odessa.
«We will not give the South to anyone, we will take it all back and the sea will be Ukrainian, it will be safe“, Noted Zelensky in a video posted on the Telegram as he was returning to Kyiv.
Russian forces have been concentrating their efforts in eastern and southern Ukraine in recent weeks following their failure to occupy Kyiv following their February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
«The losses are significant. “Many houses have been destroyed, the supply chain of the citizens has been disrupted, there are many social problems.”said Zelensky.
«I asked for support for people who have lost loved ones in general. We will definitely rebuild everything that was destroyed. Russia does not have enough missiles to bend the desire for life of our people. “he stressed.
The Ukrainian president thanked the troops who continue to repel Russian troops, backed in the east by annexed Crimea, for their “heroic service”.
«Your life is important. As long as you are alive, there is a strong Ukrainian wall that protects our country“, told them.
Video broadcast by the Ukrainian presidency shows Zelensky in Nikolaev with the local governor Vitali Kim, as they stand in front of the regional administration building, which was hit by a Russian strike in March that killed 37 people.
This industrial port city with almost half a million inhabitants before the war is still under Ukrainian control, but is located near the Kherson region, which has been almost completely occupied by the Russians. A Russian strike there on Friday killed two people and injured twenty.
Nikolaev remains a target for Moscow, on its way to Odessa, Ukraine’s largest port, which also remains under Ukrainian control, and is the focus of discussions on the export of millions of tonnes of excluded Ukrainian grain.
