President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in a video, commenting on Vladimir Putin’s speech during a propaganda rally in Moscow’s Luzhniki on the occasion of the 8th anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, addressed the Russians. “Imagine that there are 14,000 dead and tens of thousands maimed in this stadium,” he said.
More than 14,000 Russian soldiers have already been killed in Ukraine and tens of thousands wounded, according to Kiev authorities.
– This is the price of war. A little over three weeks. It must end, Ukraine’s proposals are on the table, the president said.
– Judging by everything, about 200 thousand people participated in the rally in Moscow. people – about 95 thousand at the stadium and 100 thousand. in its vicinity. He noted that the same number of Russian troops participated in the invasion of Ukraine.
The day before, the President of Ukraine, in a speech published on social networks, assured that Ukraine would never surrender. Volodymyr Zelensky also said that Russia, by attacking his country, will destroy everything that it has achieved over the past 25 years, the country will return to the poor 1990s: “The occupiers continue to burn their national wealth in the war against Ukraine.”
“Every rocket has a price”
The President also assessed that as long as there is no peace in Ukraine, sanctions against Russia should steadily increase. “Every missile in our country, every bomb, every shot has its price,” he stressed.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has been ongoing since February 24th. The Russians have succeeded in capturing Kherson in the south of the country, but the Ukrainians are holding back any further Russian military advance. The Russians fired on a number of Ukrainian cities and towns, which led to losses among the civilian population of Ukraine. Russian missiles, missiles and bombs fall on residential buildings, schools and hospitals.