President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that Russian forces would be defeated in Ukraine like Nazi Germany was beaten in World War II, commemorating Victory in Europe Day.
Zelensky said in a video statement standing in front of a war memorial that All the old ways that modern Russia is bringing back will be defeated just as Nazism was defeated.
His address came on the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender to allied forces on May 8, 1945 and one day ahead of Victory Day in Moscow, celebrating the Soviet Union’s victory in World War II.
According to Zelensky, he had submitted a bill to parliament to formally commemorate World War II in Ukraine today and celebrate Europe Day on May 9, distancing itself further from Moscow.