Ukraine's Zelenskiy visits front line to
meet marines
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[May 23, 2023]
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on
Tuesday he had visited marines on the eastern front line to thank them
for their role in resisting Russia's invasion.
Video footage posted on social media showed Zelenskiy, dressed in a
military khaki sweatshirt and khaki trousers, handing out awards to
dozens of male and female marines in combat gear on the national Day of
the Ukrainian Marines.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
awards a Ukrainian Marine during a celebration of the Ukrainian Marines
Day at a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an unknown
location, Ukraine May 23, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press
Service/Handout via REUTERS |
"Happy Marines Day, especially to such strong people who are in one
of the hottest but also one of the strongest ... sectors - the
Vuhledar-Marinka direction," Zelenskiy said.
Ukraine's military said in a daily update that its forces had
repelled numerous enemy attacks on the city of Marinka, which lies
in the eastern region of Donetsk.
Fighting has been fierce in Donetsk, one of four regions that Russia
proclaimed as its own last September after what Ukraine and its
allies denounced as a "sham" referendum following Moscow's
full-scale invasion.
Zelenskiy also handed out decorations to commanders of several
marine units. He said the Ukrainian government would create a
specialised marines corps and promised to provide new weapons and
equipment.
(Reporting by Max Hunder and Olena Harmash, Editing by Timothy
Heritage)
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