Defiant president says nation is fighting back
Daily Star Sunday|February 27, 2022
‘We will not put down our weapons, we will defend our country’
ISOBEL DICKINSON
Defiant president says nation is fighting back

HERO Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed, “We won’t run and hide”, as he claimed thousands of invading Russian troops had been killed.

He revealed he had turned down a US offer to evacuate him and said his country’s armed forces were successfully fighting back.

In a fearless message filmed on the war-torn streets of Kyiv, President Zelenskyy said: “The fight is here. I need ammunition, not a ride.”

And he declared: “We will not put down weapons, we will defend our state.

“Glory to our defenders, both male and female. Glory to Ukraine!”

The president blasted rumours of surrender as “fake” as Russian forces met fierce resistance.

This story is from the February 27, 2022 edition of Daily Star Sunday.

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