A joke by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi during his visit to the city of Kherson, which was liberated after almost 9 months of occupation, went viral on social networks.
When asked by one of the Ukrainian journalists why he decided to move to Kherson, when the city is so close to the front line, when he could deliver his appeal to residents from the president’s office in Kyiv, Zelenskyy answered:
“Dmytro, honestly… what about watermelons in Kherson?”.
“Seriously, it’s important to be here, everyone takes risks, the military takes risks, journalists take risks, and you’re here, right? By the way, about Kherson. We must support the Kherson people. It is necessary to support people so that they do not have the feeling that we are only talking about this, that we are only making promises, but we are really returning, raising our flag,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
“And I want to tell you as a person that I want to feel these emotions and energy from people. This is important and motivating,” added the President of Ukraine.
When asked why he decided to visit Kherson in such a dangerous situation, President Zelenskyy answered that he wanted to show support to local residents and make it clear that Ukraine is coming back forever. And watermelons. pic.twitter.com/gUnps0GbGl
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Zelensky says that it is impossible to kill Ukraine, the UN – about the humanitarian tragedy in Kherson
“(Russia) has shown the whole world that it can kill. But all of us, our Armed Forces, our National Guard and special services have shown that it is impossible to kill Ukraine,” the President of Ukraine also stated during a visit to the capital of the region of the same name in southern Ukraine.
A United Nations convoy entered Kherson on Monday, marking the first delivery of international humanitarian aid to the city since it was seized by Russian forces in March.
According to a UN statement, the convoy is carrying food, drinking water, blankets and other supplies for more than 6,000 people, in an operation involving the UN Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the UN Children’s Fund and the International Organization for Migration.
The UN humanitarian aid coordinator in Ukraine, Denise Brown, who was in Kherson to receive this first convoy, emphasized that the entire international community “must act quickly to help the population”, which is experiencing great difficulties in providing basic needs. .
The UN communique states that there are problems with water and electricity supply in Kherson, there is not enough medicine in medical centers, and there is no food in shopping centers.
The Kremlin on Monday emphasized that the Ukrainian city of Kherson belongs to Russia, thus reacting to the visit of President Volodymyr Zelensky a few days after the withdrawal of Russian troops.
“We will not comment, you know very well that this is the territory of the Russian Federation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in the context of the withdrawal of Russian troops from this city last week.
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