Ukraine vows to ‘never submit’ as war reaches 1,000th day
Ukraine has said it will never give in to Russia’s aggression as it marks 1,000 days since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of the country.
“Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers, and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law,” the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Zelensky will later address a special session of the European Parliament as the country marks the milestone.
It comes as eight people, including a child, were killed in a drone attack on Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy overnight, where 89 were also killed in a separate strike on Sunday.
The drone attack on a residential building in the small town of Hlukhiv injured 12 people including two children, Ukraine’s national police force said.
President Zelensky wrote on X that the building was a dormitory at a local school.
“Russia continues to terrorize our border regions,” Zelensky wrote.
In a video shared by the president, emergency workers could be seen sifting through the rubble as they continued to search for victims on Tuesday morning.
Zelensky said the attack confirmed that Putin “wants the war to continue, he is not interested in talking about peace”.
He will address members of the European Parliament via videolink from Kyiv on Tuesday, 1,000 days on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country on 24 February 2022.
It follows US President Joe Biden’s decision to give Ukraine the green light to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia on Monday.
“Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers, and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law,” the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
Zelensky will later address a special session of the European Parliament as the country marks the milestone.
It comes as eight people, including a child, were killed in a drone attack on Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy overnight, where 89 were also killed in a separate strike on Sunday.
The drone attack on a residential building in the small town of Hlukhiv injured 12 people including two children, Ukraine’s national police force said.
President Zelensky wrote on X that the building was a dormitory at a local school.
“Russia continues to terrorize our border regions,” Zelensky wrote.
In a video shared by the president, emergency workers could be seen sifting through the rubble as they continued to search for victims on Tuesday morning.
Zelensky said the attack confirmed that Putin “wants the war to continue, he is not interested in talking about peace”.
He will address members of the European Parliament via videolink from Kyiv on Tuesday, 1,000 days on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country on 24 February 2022.
It follows US President Joe Biden’s decision to give Ukraine the green light to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia on Monday.