Russia will be defeated in the same way as Nazism was defeated in 1945, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on the occasion of May 8, when the victory of the Allies over Nazi Germany and the end of the Second World War is celebrated, reports AFP.

Volodymyr ZelenskyiPhoto: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Editorial/Profimedia

“All the old evils that modern Russia is bringing back will be defeated just as Nazism was defeated,” Zelensky said in a speech broadcast on social media shortly after a new large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv that killed more than 30 suicide bombers. drones were shot down over the Ukrainian capital.

“Just as we destroyed evil together then, so now we will destroy similar evil together,” Zelenskyy continued, adding that “this evil, even if it is different today, has one goal: enslavement or destruction.”

This speech by Zelenskyi takes place on the occasion of the May 8 world holiday and a day before a large military parade in Moscow, designed to awaken the patriotic feelings of Russians and in which Vladimir Putin will also take part.

“We will win!” Volodymyr Zelensky promised in this speech, recorded in front of the magnificent World War II memorial complex that rises near the Dnipro in Kyiv.

“We will never forget the contribution of the Ukrainian people to the victory over Nazism,” Zelenskyi said.

“And we will not allow anyone to lie and say that the victory in this war could have happened without the participation of another country or another people,” said the Ukrainian leader.

“We will return everything captured by the enemy”

Zelensky accused Moscow of opposing democratic “ideals” with “aggression and annexation, occupation and deportations, massacres and torture, bombing cities and burning villages.”

“We will not lose what we won, we will return everything that was captured by the enemy,” Zelensky assured in this ten-minute speech.

Ukraine says it has completed preparations for a large-scale counteroffensive to liberate Russian-occupied territories in the east and south, including Crimea, illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014.

Ukrainian and Russian drone attacks have intensified in recent days, which, according to observers, indicates the inevitability of this attack on Kyiv. (Agerpress)

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