Status: 12/31/2022 8:31 p.m
In his video address, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addressed the Russian people directly: Ukraine will never forgive Russia for the war. He warned: Putin “is burning your country and your future”.
After the recent Russian rocket attacks on Ukrainian cities with new destruction, Head of State Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the Russian people directly in his video message. “A terrorist state will not be forgiven,” he said in his daily video appearance. “And those who order such attacks and those who carry them out will not be forgiven, to say the least.”
In Russian, Zelenskyy declared that Russia was not at war with NATO “like your propagandists lie.” The war is also not for something historical. He was for a person “who will remain in power until the end of his life,” he said, referring directly to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. “And what’s left of all of you, citizens of Russia, is none of his business.”
Putin “just hiding”
Putin wants to show that he has the military behind him and is ahead. “But he’s just hiding,” said Zelenskyj. “He hides behind the military, behind rockets, behind the walls of his residences and palaces, he hides behind you and burns your country and your future.” Nobody will ever forgive Russia for terrorism, Zelensky said. “Nobody in the world will forgive you for that. Ukraine will never forgive you.”
Russia’s army invaded Ukraine on February 24 under the pretext of wanting to “denazify and demilitarize” the neighboring country. Tens of thousands of people have died in the war so far. In Russia, the official language of the invasion is “military special operation,” and public use of the term “war” is even punishable under criminal law. According to the authorities, the most recent Russian rocket attacks on Ukraine shortly before the New Year resulted in deaths and injuries.