Zelenskyy addresses Ukrainians on Holodomor Remembrance Day
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called it deliberate terror that the Russians launched a record number of Shahed attack drones at Ukraine in the early hours of Holodomor Remembrance Day. [Holodomor was a man-made famine in Soviet Ukraine which lasted from 1932 to 1933 and claimed the lives of millions of Ukrainians – ed.]
Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram and Facebook
Quote from Zelenskyy: "More than 70 Shahed attack drones in the early hours of Holodomor Remembrance Day. Deliberate terror. Specifically at this time. The Russian leadership is proud of its ability to kill.
Our soldiers shot down most of the drones. Unfortunately, not all of them. But we continue to work to strengthen our air defence and shoot down more targets.
And we continue to work to unite the world in defence against Russian terror. The terrorist state must lose and be held accountable for its actions."
Update: The president also recorded a video address for Ukrainians on the anniversary of the Holodomor Remembrance Day.
Quote from Zelenskyy: "They tried to exterminate us, to subjugate us, to torture us. They failed. They wanted to conceal the truth from us and hush up the terrible crimes forever. They failed. They wanted to confuse us, to mislead us, to make us not believe, to doubt, to forget, and therefore to forgive. They failed. And today, with utmost sorrow and respect, we honour the memory of millions of our people.
A tragedy that today makes us cry and remain silent, so quietly that the whole world must hear it. This is the sound of Ukrainian pain.
We thank all the states that have chosen justice and recognised it. Recognised it officially. Recognised the Holodomor as a crime against people, against history, against Ukraine. A deliberate crime.
The world must unite and condemn the crimes of the past. The world must unite and stop the crimes of the present.
Evil was not stopped. Was not atoned for. And now we are stopping it. Ukraine will prevail. Ukraine will not fade away. Ukraine will preserve itself and the truth."
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