What is the end of the war for us? We need not peace and victory - Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the purpose of Ukraine in the war with the Russian Federation is solely victory. He said this on Wednesday, August 24, in his address on the occasion of Independence Day. According to Zelensky, Ukrainians do not intend to seek "understanding" with the Russian terrorist regime, which killed thousands of civilians under the pretext of their "release". Video of the Day "We stay for six months. It is difficult for us, but we squeezed our fists and bite our fate.

Every new day is a new reason not to give up. Because, having passed so much, we have no right not to come to an end. What is the end of the war for us? We used to say: peace. Now we say: victory, ”the head of state emphasized.

The celebration of the 31st anniversary of Ukraine's Independence in 2022 occurs not only in the conditions of war with the Russian Federation, but also of new threats of provocations by the Kremlin against the civilian population, and therefore the mass events on the occasion of the holiday were decided not to take.

On August 21, the head of the united defense press center Natalia Humeniuk reported that Russian troops increased the number of warships with winged missiles in the Black Sea the day before. The plans of the Russian Federation were confirmed by civilian infrastructure and government agencies with reference to reconnaissance data and the Reuters agency, and the US Embassy called for these threats to leave its citizens to leave Ukraine.