Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Slams Lies in New Video, Refuses American Offer for Evacuation
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is refusing an offer to evacuate his country.
Ukraine’s embassy to the UK has tweeted out a statement from the president in response to the United States’ evacuation offer.
“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelenskyy said.
“The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.” – @ZelenskyyUa on the US evacuation offer.
Ukrainians are proud of their President💙💛
— Ukraine's Emb. to UK (@UkrEmbLondon) February 26, 2022
In a video posted to his personal social media account on Saturday (February 26), Zelenskyy responded to lies about his whereabouts.
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“Do not believe the fakes,” the video was captioned.
CNN translated Zelenskyy‘s message, in which he said, “I am here. We are not putting down arms. We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will defend all of this. That is it. That’s all I wanted to tell you. Glory to Ukraine.”
Zelenskyy has previously revealed that he was marked as target No. 1 by Russia and his family is target No. 2. He said, “They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. We have information that enemy sabotage groups have entered Kyiv.”
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