“We will win,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on the day that marks two years since the beginning of the Russian invasion of his country, in a video broadcast by the presidency on Saturday, AFP reported.

“We are fighting for it. For 730 days of our life. And we will win on the best day of our lives,” he said from the Gostomel military airport outside Kyiv, the site of a key battle with Russian forces in the early days of the invasion.

The Ukrainian president was accompanied by Western leaders who arrived specially for this occasion, including the head of the Italian government Giorgia Maloni, who chairs the G7, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. , reports AFP.

“We believe that Ukraine is fighting for both our freedom and our national interests,” Maloney, who is scheduled to sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukraine’s president later in the day, told the media.

After London, Kyiv signed such agreements with Germany and France in January.

Specifically, these security agreements may include the provision of NATO-compatible military equipment, training of the Ukrainian armed forces, and strengthening of Ukraine’s defense industry.

According to the Italian news agency AGI, Meloni and Zelensky will open a virtual meeting of the G7 (USA, Japan, Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy, Canada) at 16:00 GMT from the famous landmark Hagia Sophia. in the center of Kyiv. (Agerpress)