“We will do everything to achieve victory this year”, promises Volodymyr Zelensky, one year to the day after the start of the Russian invasion, launched on February 24, 2022. ” We are strong. We are ready for anything »said the Ukrainian president during an address to the nation in a video posted on social networks this Friday morning.
“Ukraine surprised the world. Ukraine inspired the world. Ukraine united the world”he added, sitting at a desk in chiaroscuro, wearing a black sweater stamped with the coat of arms of Ukraine, a yellow trident.
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Solidarity of Europe
On this anniversary day, Emmanuel Macron sent a message of “solidarity” to Ukrainians: “France stands by your side”. “Ukrainians, Ukrainians, France stands by your side. To solidarity, to victory and to peace”, said the French president on Twitter in a message also broadcast in Ukrainian and English. The Élysée also tweeted a nighttime photo of the French presidency’s lit front steps with a Ukrainian flag prominently displayed amid French and European flags.
Vladimir Poutine “will not achieve its imperialist objectives” in Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also reacted. “The sooner the Russian president realizes that he will not achieve his imperialist goals, the greater the chances of an early end to the war”he said.
“Putin has all the cards in hand. He can end this war. The Russian president has failed. Vladimir Putin counted on division and the opposite happened. Ukraine is more united than ever. The European Union is united. »
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In Italy, Giorgia Meloni felt that “the free world has a debt” towards the Ukrainians who are fighting “for freedom and democracy”. “Ukraine is not and will not be alone because it also defends the values of freedom and democracy”she said in a video message.
UN appeal
In Paris, the Eiffel Tower was illuminated on Thursday evening in the yellow and blue colors of the Ukrainian flag. In London, a minute of silence and a prayer in the presence of MPs and diplomats will take place before a march to the Russian Embassy. Throughout the world, the tone is one of solidarity with Ukraine. The UN General Assembly on Thursday demanded a withdrawal ” immediate “ Russian troops, overwhelmingly voting for a resolution calling for peace “just and sustainable”. But there were notable abstentions, starting with China, an ally of Russia.
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NATO said to itself “resolved to help Ukraine” against Russia, which “has failed to break the determination of the Ukrainian people”. For his part, Vladimir Putin castigated Westerners this week, whom he accuses of waging a proxy war for “end it” with Russia. Far from backing down, he vowed on Wednesday to continue ” methodically “ its offensive in Ukraine, once again claiming “historic lands” Russians.
