During full-scale war, 2279 of our citizens have been returned from Russian captivity, - Zelensky. VIDEO
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the citizens of Ukraine at the end of the 427th day of the war with Russia.
The corresponding video was published by the Presidential press service, Censor.NET reports.
"First of all, I would like to thank our entire team involved in the exchanges. We managed to return 44 more people from Russian captivity to Ukraine. Most of them are military men from different directions. In total, 2279 Ukrainians have been returned from Russian captivity during the full-scale war. Of course, I would like to thank all our soldiers on the front line who collect money for the exchange fund. Every Russian prisoner is an opportunity to exchange our people.
These days, we are also working with our partners to coordinate defence and supply activities. It is very important for Ukraine that everyone who works with us to defend freedom clearly understands what our strength is and what we can do. The better we understand each other, the easier it is to work for a common victory. For obvious reasons, we are not disclosing details of such communication in public yet.
I would also like to thank IAEA Director Grossi for his initiative - a very important social initiative - of a special medical support programme for the personnel of all our nuclear power plants. Thank you for supporting our people!
The anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster is the right day to remind everyone in the world how fragile our security is. And all the more so when the threat of a radiation disaster at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, artificially created by Russia, has been present every day and every minute for more than a year. I spoke to Mr Grossi about this today. Only Ukraine's full control over ZNPP can return full security, not only to our country, but to the whole of Europe and the whole world. Radiation does not recognise state borders, and neither does the Russian Federation. Therefore, we must all work together to restore security," Zelenskyy said.
