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President Volodymyr Zelenskyj: »We are all on site, everyone is working.
Everyone where he has to.
I am in Kyiv, my team with me.«
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Since the start of the Russian war of aggression against neighboring Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenenskyj has regularly addressed the people of Ukraine in video messages.
Despite the fighting in Kyiv, Zelenskyy does not want to leave the capital.
"I'm staying in Kyiv," he said in a video message released Monday night.
He does not hide and is not afraid of anyone.
“Tonight is the twelfth night of our struggle, our defense.
We are all on site, everyone is working.
Everyone where he has to.
I am in Kyiv, my team with me.«
Training missions recalled
According to the Presidential Office, Zelenskyy recalled Ukrainian soldiers serving on foreign missions.
The "highly professional military" would be needed in the fight against "Russian aggression," it said.
According to Ukrainian media, the country is involved in operations in Kosovo, Congo and Ivory Coast.
Zelensky sharply criticized a Russian airstrike west of Kyiv that, according to Ukrainian sources, killed at least 13 civilians.
“Today they shelled a bakery in Makariv, Kyiv region.
For what?
An old bakery.
Think about it: they're shelling a bakery.
Who do you have to be to do something like that?”
Russian troops are located north-west of Kyiv and are also attempting to advance towards the capital from the west.
Russia insists its troops will not attack civilian targets in Ukraine.
Zelenskyj said that talks with Russia would continue.
»We are realists.
That's why we're going to talk.
We will insist on negotiations until we find a way to say to our people: This is how we come to peace,” he said.
Every day of fighting creates "better conditions" for Ukraine.
'A strong position.
To secure our future.
After this war.«
muk/dpa