Ukraine will decide its own path, Zelenskyy declares on independence day
The sick old man from Red Square, constantly threatening everyone with the red button, will not dictate his "red lines" to us; Ukraine and Ukrainians will decide for themselves how to live, which path to follow, and what choices to make, declared President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Ukraine's Independence Day.
Today we celebrate the 33rd Independence Day of Ukraine. And what the enemy brought to our land has now returned to his home. Those who wanted to transform our land into a buffer zone should think about whether their country will become a buffer federation. This is how independence responds, says President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his 13-minute speech.
The video, published on Saturday morning on Ukraine's Independence Day, was recorded in Sumy Oblast - as Zelenskyy emphasised - "on the border between an independent European state and the largest terrorist organisation in the world".
Zelenskyy emphasised the determination of the Ukrainian people to defend their independence. Our enemy will know what retaliation in Ukrainian style means. A dignified, symmetrical, long-range retaliation. They will know that every place in the Russian Federation that poses a threat to the life of our state and our people will sooner or later receive a Ukrainian response, he declared, referring to the Ukrainian military operation in Kursk Oblast in Russia.
Zelenskyy sharply criticises Putin on Ukraine's Independence Day
The sick old man from Red Square, constantly threatening everyone with the red button, will not dictate his "red lines" to us, said President of Ukraine sharply about Vladimir Putin. He noted, "Ukraine and Ukrainians will decide how to live, which path to follow, and what choices to make."
This is not the first time Zelenskyy has spoken harshly about Putin. Responding to the Kremlin's accusations of Ukraine's involvement in a terrorist attack near Moscow, claimed by ISIS, he called Putin a "sick and cynical creature".
