The Ukrainian president has addressed the nation and reassured the people he would defend his country until the end.
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a bloody battle for Kyiv has begun, whereas experts have warned that the capital will fall to Russians by the end of the weekend.
Despite the odds, top Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, have vowed to keep on fighting the aggressors in a touching address to the nation.
Speaking in a self-recorded video while Russian troops were advancing through the city, Zelensky said:
“We’re all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are here. We’re all here defending our independence, our country, and it will stay this way.”
The emboldening speech was made outside the presidency building just moments after the president warned NATO leaders that they might not see him alive again in a harrowing conference call.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Putin had ordered special forces known as Chechen to track down Ukrainian officials and capture or assassinate them.
The so-called ‘kill squads’ were last pictured performing a ritual in a Ukrainian forest before setting out to hunt prominent Ukrainian figures.
As President Zelensky warned, he and his family are likely the primary targets of the assassins. While his wife and children remain in hiding at an undisclosed location, Zelensky decided to stay on the battlefield together with his aides and soldiers.
“I know that a lot of misinformation and rumors are being spread now. In particular, it is claimed that I have left Kyiv. I remain in the capital, I am staying with my people. My family is not a traitor, but a citizen of Ukraine,” the president added.
“According to our information, the enemy marked me as the number one target. My family is the number two goal. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the Head of State.”
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