Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of a fallen comrade to the front on the 100th day of the war. Photo: AP
He took out his cell phone and filmed the 100th day of the war, which according to Russia would last 15 days. But, “we are still here” and “the victory will be ours,” Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said Friday in a video posted on Instagram.
“State representatives they are heredefending Ukraine for one hundred days, “said the president in a 36-second video recorded in the presidential building in kiev together with Prime Minister Denys Chmygal and ruling party leader David Arakhamia.
The president was also accompanied by Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential administration, and one of his close advisors, Mikhailo Podoliak.
“We are all here to defend our independence, our state,” Zelensky said. Photo capture video.
Russia-Ukraine war: 100 days and 100 photos of destruction and suffering
The video was released on the 100th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and recalls another message recorded by Zelenski at the beginning of the war in the same place and with his collaborators to reassure the Ukrainians.
“We are here, our soldiers are here, the citizens, the society. We are all here to defend our independence, our state, “Zelensky declared at the time.
“Victory will be ours”
The Ukrainian president publishes this message on the 100th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24 and is having devastating effects on the country.
20 percent of the occupied territory, soldiers killed and wounded on the battle front, civilians killed in the bombing and siege of their citiesuncultivated fields from fighting and the absence of workers and millions of people who have had to flee the country are some of the serious consequences of the conflict.
But Zelensky tried to keep morale up. “Victory will be ours”he promised.
The successes of Russia
The Kremlin admitted this Friday that it had achieved “certain” objectives after 100 days of offensive against Ukraine, after having “liberated numerous cities”, allowing its inhabitants to return “to a life in peace”.
“With regard to safety (of the population of Donbas, in the east), measures have been taken and some results are starting to be achieved“, explained to the press the spokesman of the Russian presidency, who believes that” many places have been liberated by the pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine, as well as by nationalist elements “.
The Donbas is actually today scorched earth: cities pulverized, bridges destroyed and continuous bombing of Russian artillery and air forces to gain control of the East, divided into two provinces, Lugansk and Donetsk. Although he has made progress in both territories, which make up the Donbas, he still is there he faces Ukrainian resistance.
Seversk railway station in eastern Ukraine. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiva / AFP
“This work will continue until all the objectives of the special military operation are achieved,” Peskov said, avoiding talking about war.
Russia launched a major offensive against Ukraine on February 24, justified by the need to protect itself an alleged “genocide” of the Russian-speaking population of Donbas (east), where some areas have been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.
For Moscow, which for years has seen Kiev’s pro-Western politics as a threat, it is an operation to “denazify” Ukrainian power.
However, the Russian assault on Kiev failed and the Russian military is now focusing on Donbas, where Russia has once again encountered problems in advancing despite heavy fighting in recent weeks.
Clarin drafting with information from EFE and AFP
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