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In a video address delivered on hills outside the capital Kyiv,
Zelenskiy thanked Ukraine's armed forces for defending their
country. He said everything that had been taken away from Ukraine
would be returned, and no soldier left in captivity.
"It seems that the current enemy in its evil unites all the enemies
of our statehood that we faced before," Zelenskiy said on the wooded
hills outside the village of Vitachyv, site of an historic military
outpost overlooking the Dnipro River.
"By defeating this enemy, we will respond to all enemies who
encroached on Ukraine - on those who lived, who live and who will
live on our land. This will be a victory for all our people. This
will be a victory for the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
Russia's invasion of Ukraine, launched on Feb. 24, has killed
thousands, displaced millions, pulverised cities and damaged the
global economy.
Ukrainian forces have made advances in recent weeks, but Russia has
carried out heavy air strikes that hit energy facilities as well as
apartment blocks this week.
"The world sees that Ukrainians do not lose their humanity under any
circumstances. The enemy can strike at our cities, but never at our
dignity," Zelenskiy, who was dressed in khaki, said in his video
address marking the Oct. 14 public holiday.
(Writing in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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