- Zelensky states that Putin has no authority to establish restrictive boundaries for Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine underscored the nation's desire for liberty during their Independence Day celebration. "We won't let the soil turn into a gray zone where our national flag, the blue and yellow one, should proudly fly," Zelensky stated in his speech.
Zelensky issued a warning to adversaries, stating that Ukraine would retaliate with terrors in proportion. Those attempting to transform Ukraine into a no man's land should think twice, he suggested, with a veiled threat towards Russian President Vladimir Putin due to the ongoing counteroffensive in the Kursk region.
Sources claim that Zelensky's speech was delivered in the northern Ukrainian area of Sumy, which served as the launching point for Ukraine's counteroffensive towards Kursk. Zelensky didn't directly name Putin, instead referring to him as "the ailing old man from Red Square who's always lecturing about the red button." He emphasized that Ukraine would chart its own course.
Russia has claimed that the reason for the conflict is their resistance to the possibility of a Ukrainian NATO membership, which they believe poses a threat to their sovereignty.
Ukraine is celebrating its 33rd anniversary of independence, which it gained following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Polish President Andrzej Duda unexpectedly joined the festivities in Kyiv for the occasion.
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