“We have In an effort to boost the sagging morale of citizens,” Ukraine president, Zelensky, addressed the nation earlier in the day.
He assured his citizens that the government was in control and the Russian forces’ claims of having captured some towns were false.
As he warned of the Kremlin’s invasion of Kiev tonight, he urged his citizens to brace themselves for the most difficult night of the conflict, claiming that the Kremlin forces will stomp tonight, pledging to end the war that has afflicted humanity.
On Friday evening, Russian troops closed in on the capital, and a gun battle was reported in Kiev, where Ukrainians claimed that Russian troops had landed at the airport, which had been virtually destroyed.
While Putin says he is willing to send a delegation to Minsk to hold talks with Ukraine, he lays out his condition that Ukraine first surrender, but Zelensky’s latest address to the nation suggests otherwise, as it prepares to fend for itself.
Zelensky Speech On February 26th
“Good morning to everyone Ukrainian lately.
There has been a lot of fake information online that calls on our army to lay down arms and to evacuate.
I am here.
We will not lay down the weapons.
We will defend our state because our weapon is our truth.
The truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will defend all of that.
That’s all that I wanted to tell you.
Slowly but steadily, Ukraine is rising to prominence.”