PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky, today, declared the year since Russia invaded his nation a “year of invincibility” as he said his forces would strive for victory.
In a speech delivered on the one-year anniversary of the Feb. 24, 2022, invasion, Zelensky hailed the resolve and unity of the Ukrainian people who he said have endured all threats including “shelling, cluster bombs, cruise missiles, kamikaze drones, blackouts and cold.”
“We are stronger than that,” Zelensky said. “It was a year of resilience. A year of care. A year of bravery. A year of pain. A year of hope. A year of endurance. A year of unity. Its main result is that we endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year!”
In hopes to bring an end to the war, United Nation member states voted overwhelmingly to adopt a draft resolution calling for a cease-fire in Ukraine during an emergency meeting of the General Assembly.
Neither side, however, has shown any sign of backing down, with Russian President Vladimir Putin maintaining his claims that Russia was forced into the invasion of Ukraine in order to protect what he described as “historically Russian lands” in his annual state of the nation address on Monday.
“I want to repeat: It was they who unleashed the war,” Putin said of Ukraine. “And we used and continue to use force to stop it.”
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