Sunday 8 May 2022 11:53 AM 'The evil has returned. Again' Ukraine president Zelensky gives emotional ... trends now
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has released a rousing video on the eve of Russia's 'Victory Day' celebrations tomorrow, declaring that 'no evil will avoid responsibility' and proclaiming that Ukraine will emerge victorious from the war.
His declaration coincides with Victory in Europe Day (VE Day), when many European countries commemorate the unconditional surrender of Nazi forces on May 8, 1945, marking the Allied victory in WWII.
Russia meanwhile celebrates the victory of the former Soviet Union over Nazi Germany with a national holiday on May 9.
'Every year on May 8, along with the entire civilised world, we honour those who defended the planet from Nazism in World War Two... But we have not made it even a century. Our 'never again' lasted only 77 years. Evil has been reborn,' the President declared as he stood in front of a residential tower block building destroyed by Russian shelling.
'Despite the beast's new mask, [Ukraine and its allies] have recognised him. Because, unlike some, they understand what our ancestors fought for, and against.'
'Our ancestors proved that no evil can avoid responsibility. It will not be able to hide in the bunker. There will be no stone left of it.
'So we will overcome everything, and we know this for sure because our military and all our people are the descendants of those who overcame Nazism.
'They will win again and there will be peace again.'
Zelensky's defiant statements come as Russian forces launched more punishing attacks on the Azovstal steelworks, as Putin tries desperately to conquer the southern port of Mariupol in time for tomorrow's Victory Day celebrations.
Ukrainian troops solidified their positions around the nation's second-largest city of Kharkiv in preparation for an expected increase in Russian attacks, while residents in Mariupol were urged to heed air raid sirens.
'These symbolic dates are to the Russian aggressor like red to a bull,' Ukraine's first deputy interior minister Yevhen Yenin said.
'While the entire civilised world remembers the victims of terrible wars on these days, the Russian Federation wants parades and is preparing to dance over bones in Mariupol.'
'Every year on May 8, along with the entire civilised world, we honour those who defended the planet from Nazism in World War Two... But we have not made it even a century. Our 'never again' lasted only 77 years. Evil has been reborn,' the President declared as he stood in front of a residential tower block building destroyed by Russian shelling
The 15-minute-long video was shot entirely in black and white, save for the final image of a Ukrainian flag. Zelensky declared that Ukraine would overcome Russian aggression and evil
Zelensky drew a number of comparisons between infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the video: 'We will overcome everything. The proof of this is called 'Werewolf' - Hitler's former headquarters and bunker near Vinnytsia. All that is left of it is a few stones- the ruins of a person who considered himself great and invincible. 'Evil will not be able to hide in a bunker. There will be no stones left'
Ukraine's first deputy interior minister Yevhen Yenin warned that the symbolic date of Victory Day is like 'red to a bull' for Putin (pictured), who desperately needs to secure a victory, adding that while the world remembers victims of war, Russia is 'preparing to dance over bones in Mariupol'
Zelensky drew a number of comparisons between infamous Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the 15-minute-long video.
He also reeled off a list of famous European cities and landmarks that were destroyed by Nazi bombing campaigns in WWII and compared them to the Russian shelling of his country, as black-and-white footage of Luftwaffe bombing raids played in the background alongside clips of recent airstrikes in Ukraine.
'We will overcome everything. The proof of this is called 'Werewolf' - Hitler's former headquarters and bunker near Vinnytsia. All that is left of it is a few stones- the ruins of a person who considered himself great and invincible.
'Evil will not be able to hide in a bunker. There will be no stones left.
'[Allies] remember the Nazi-destroyed Warsaw, and they see what was done to Mariupol.
'The British have not forgotten how the Nazis wiped out Coventry... how its historic centre, factories and St. Michael's Cathedral were destroyed.
