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Zelenskyy hails Ukraine, promises victory
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday hailed his nation and its people for fighting back against Russia over the past year and vowed victory on the one-year anniversary of the war.
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Zelenskyy described it as a “furious year of invincibility” in a statement released on social media.
“Its main result is that we endured. We were not defeated. And we will do everything to gain victory this year!”
“Ukraine has inspired the world. Ukraine has united the world,” Zelenskyy said, hailing cities that have become bywords for alleged Russian war crimes like Bucha, Irpin and Mariupol as “capitals of invincibility.”
“We will never rest until the Russian murderers face deserved punishment.”
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