New Delhi: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky today said that he is in Kyiv and is not afraid.
The statement comes amid the Russian troops intensifying shelling in several Ukrainian cities. Russian forces are inching closer to the capital Kyiv from the north and west.
In an eight-minute video, Zelenskyy said he is staying in Kyiv and working with his team to defend his country. ‘On Bankova Street. I am not hiding. And I am not afraid of anyone. As much as it takes to win this Patriotic War of ours,’ he wrote in the caption along with the video.
‘We are all on the ground. We are all working. Everyone is where they should be. I am in Kyiv. My team is with me. The territorial defence is on the ground. The servicemen are in positions. Doctors, rescuers, transporters, diplomats, journalists.. everyone. We are all at war. We all contribute to our victory, which will definitely be achieved,’ the President said in the video.
Meanwhile, Russia has announced that it would open humanitarian corridors for civilians to Ukrainian cities under attack. But Ukraine has accused Russia of making it impossible for civilians to escape.
At least nine people, including two children, have died in an air strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, some 350 kilometres east of capital Kyiv. Sumy, near the Russian border, has been the scene of heavy fighting for days.