President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in his address to the nation on Monday that exactly 8 months after the Russian invasion, Ukraine continues to defend the country step by step, realizing that the feeling of failure in the Kremlin is getting stronger. News.ro.

Zelensky’s statements:

• “Today is exactly 8 months of full-scale war. What was achieved during this time? We defended the independence of our state – and Russia cannot change that. We are liberating the Ukrainian land step by step.
• Donbas, Kharkiv Oblast, Kherson Oblast are now heard. But both the Zaporizhia region and the Crimea will hear – the time will come, and all of Ukraine will be free.
• Ukraine will destroy the so-called “second army of the world” – and from now on Russia will be just a beggar. They are begging for something from Iran, trying to knock something out of Western countries, inventing various nonsense about Ukraine, intimidating, deceiving… Never again will Russia be someone who can dictate something to someone. He no longer has the ability to dictate. The world sees it.
• Russian potential is now wasted by this madness – a war against our state and the entire free world.
• There was an influence of gases – it is no longer there There was a military influence – it is disappearing. It was a political weight – now there is more and more isolation. There were ideological ambitions – now there is disgust.
• And this is a very important change in the configuration of Eurasia from our side – the more Russia loses its potential, the more real freedom all peoples will get, both near Russia and within its borders. Ukraine comes first,” Zelenskyi said.

He stated that the feeling of failure in Russia is becoming stronger:

• “On February 24, the Kremlin could not even think about it, although they should have. But now, on October 24, there is not a single Russian official or propagandist who does not understand where all this is leading. The year 1917 began to be remembered a long time ago. The sense of failure in Russia is intensifying.
• But realizing all this, we have no right to relax. We still have to walk the road to Ukraine’s victory. It’s a tough road.
• We will have to survive this winter, which will be the hardest in our history. We will do everything necessary to achieve the desired results for the state.
• Let’s preserve the maximum mobilization of our partners for the sake of the struggle for freedom and not allow the common enemy to split the global pro-democracy coalition. This is what we are doing, all Ukrainians, Europeans, all people of the world who value freedom. “, he said, according to News.ro.