Zelenskyy: Russia will not survive if we continue to beat it
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the people of Europe to stand united to counter Russian aggression.
According to Censor.NET, citing Interfax-Ukraine, the President said this during his address to the Lithuanian people.
"I am sure Russia will retreat. We cannot name a specific day when this will happen. We cannot give specific details of how it will happen. But we know that it will happen. There will be such a day. It will happen for sure. The first day after this war." Our day," Zelenskyy said.
According to the president, "the resilience of Ukrainian soldiers is also the resilience of the Lithuanian and other European peoples."
"And our Ukrainian feeling is that Russia will not survive if we continue to beat it. This is also a confirmation of our rightness - our common historical choice: to be in Europe, to be among equals. We have to do everything we can do in maximum unity. There will be no more empires," the President said.
"Everyone who started this aggression against Ukraine was quite clear about how they wanted to see the first day after Ukraine. They dream of humiliating the Ukrainian nation. They kill without hesitation. They deported hundreds of thousands of people, adults and children. They wanted to erase everything that our culture is based on. They brutally torture people, thousands of people who are held captive. They torture them simply to take revenge for the existence of Ukraine. This is the level of Russian evil," Zelenskyy continued.
He also emphasised: "if such a catastrophic day - the day after Ukraine - came, Russia would do everything to make it last."
"So that the day after Moldova comes, and then the day after the Baltic States, the day after Poland, the day after many others... Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are already hearing that Russia despises their independence. Moscow has no respect for the nations of the Caucasus. Its frank desire is to manipulate everyone. And it is dangerous for everyone to be quiet now, it is dangerous to be alone," the Head of State said.
According to the President, "Russia needs to capture Ukraine only to build an empire on the wreckage of the fallen state, but together the states of the world can change it".
"This will be the day of a new chance for Belarus. It will be a day of new strength for our entire Europe, which is now learning true unity as it defends itself against Russian hybrid attacks. The unity that makes our continent global. The unity that is complete together with Ukraine. Together with Ukraine in the European Union. Together with Ukraine in NATO. Together with Ukraine in the world. We all know what steps are needed. We all know what we can lose and what we can gain," he concluded.
