埼玉英語会 英検１級・準１級　コミュのZelensky marks 50 days of war

President Zelensky's latest address to the nation marks the 50th day of war and pays
respects to Ukraine's defenders.

"Unbreakable people of the bravest country," his speech begins.

"We have withstood 50 days already. Fifty days of Russian invasion,
although the occupiers gave us a maximum of five."

"This period, these 50 days have shown me many world leaders in a different way,
" he says, recalling his conversations and meetings with many Western leaders.

"I have seen politicians behaving as if they had no power. And I have seen
non-politicians who did more in these 50 days than some statesmen who
claimed leadership," he continues.

He did not make any overt mention of the sinking of Russia's Moskva flagship,
but praised the Ukrainian troops "who have shown that Russian ships
can go... to the bottom only".

"Fifty days of our defence is an achievement," Zelensky adds.

"Achievement of millions of Ukrainians. Everyone who made the main decision
in life on 24 February - to fight. To be human. Not to give up. And not to betray."


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50 days of defence is an achievement - Zelensky


Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenksy praised Ukrainians for surviving 50 days
of war when the Russians had given them five.

“But they didn’t know how brave Ukrainians are, how much we value freedom and
the possibility to live the way we want,” Zelensky said in his address late Thursday.

The Ukraine president also hailed the citizens fighting for the country.
“50 days of our defence is an achievement. Achievement of millions of Ukrainians,”
he said.

In his only reference to the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva,
Zelensky spoke of “those who showed that Russian warships can sail away,
even if it’s to the bottom” of the sea. The president was listing the ways in which
Ukrainians had fought off the Russian troops.

Russia state media claimed that the ship sunk after a fire.