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Zelensky vows to continue fighting as Ukraine marks independence day [View all]
Source: BBC
2 hours ago
Jack Burgess BBC News
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine would continue to fight for its freedom "while its calls for peace are not heard," in a defiant address to the nation on its independence day.
"We need a just peace, a peace where our future will be decided only by us," he said, adding that Ukraine was "not a victim, it is a fighter".
He continued: "Ukraine has not yet won, but it has certainly not lost."
Zelensky's remarks came after Moscow said Ukraine had attacked Russian power and energy facilities overnight, blaming drone attacks for a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region..................
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxy2v9dzgxo
I am so glad to see this prisoner exchange happen.
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Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney joins Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, as they lay wreaths at the memorial wall in Kyiv
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