Zelensky addressed the citizens of Russia in Russian

Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyKYIV, Feb. 24President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing Russian citizens, said that Ukrainians and Russians are different, but this is not a reason to be enemies. «Today I want to address all citizens of Russia. Not as president. I address Russian citizens as a citizen of Ukraine … Ukraine in your news and Ukraine in real life are two completely different countries. And their main difference is that ours is real … They tell you that we hate Russian culture. How can you hate culture? Any culture? Neighbors always enrich each other culturally. However this does not make them one. It does not dissolve us in you. We are different. But this is not a reason to be enemies,» Zelensky said in his video message, which was published on his Telegram. The president also responded to accusations of Nazi sentiment in Ukraine. they say that we are Nazis. But how can a people who gave more than eight million lives for the victory over Nazism support Nazism? How can I be a Nazi? Tell me about it to my grandfather. Who went through the entire war in the infantry of the Soviet army. And he died as a colonel in independent Ukraine,» Zelensky added. According to Zelensky, the authorities in Kiev are not going to bomb the Donbass, because it is native to Ukraine.Macron had a telephone conversation with Zelensky «You were told that I would order to attack the Donbass, shoot, bomb without question. Although there are questions, and very simple ones: shoot at whom? What to bomb? Donetsk, which I have been to dozens of times? I saw faces eyes? Artyom, where I walked with friends. Donbass Arena, where I rooted for our Ukrainian boys at the Euro with the locals? Shcherbakov Park, where we drank together when our boys lost. Luhansk? The house where the mother of my best lives friend? The place where my best friend's father is buried? Notice — I'm speaking Russian now, but no one in Russia understands what. These names, these streets, surnames, events — it's all alien to you. Unfamiliar. This is our land, this is our history. What will you fight for? And with whom? Hear us. The people of Ukraine want peace. The authorities of Ukraine want peace. They want it and do it. They do everything they can,» Zelensky added. recent days, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have announced a set of e shelling by the Ukrainian security forces. The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may soon order the military to go on the offensive, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. On Monday, after the Security Council meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and stated that he considers it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. He noted that the world prefers not to notice the horror and genocide in the Donbass, not a single day goes by without shelling, the killings of civilians and the blockade do not stop. As the President stated, in case of further bloodshed in the Donbass, the entire responsibility will be on the Kiev regime. Immediately after the appeal, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR. In his decrees, Putin instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the DPR and LPR by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. jpg» />Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security CouncilPosted by: Maxim Gorbachev