“We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities.
“Russia treacherously attacked our state in the morning, as Nazi Germany did in world war II years.
“As of today, our countries are on different sides of world history. Russia has embarked on a path of evil, but Ukraine is defending itself & won’t give up its freedom no matter what Moscow thinks.”
“I initiated a telephone call with the president of the Russian federation. Result: silence.
“If they [Russia] attack, if they try to take our county – our freedom, our lives, the lives of our children – we will be defending ourselves.
“As you attack, it will be our faces you see, not our backs.”
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s President
