Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy released a video address to the war-ravaged nation on Monday, marking the defeat of the Nazi Germany in the World War II, and promising that Ukraine will soon have two Victory Days. We will never forget what our ancestors did in World War II. Where more than 8 million Ukrainians died. And every fifth Ukrainian didn’t return home. In total, the war claimed at least 50 million lives, Zelenskyy said. ‘We don’t say we can repeat.’ Zelenskyy stressed that soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine. And someone will not have even one left. We won then, we will win now, too,’ he said, in reference to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Meanwhile, protesters threw red paint on the Russian ambassador on Monday as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II. Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers cemetery to lay flowers, where a group of activists opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine were waiting for him. Video footage shows red paint being thrown from behind Andreev before a protester standing beside him throws a big blob of it in his face.
The protesters prevented the ambassador and other members of a Russian delegation from laying their flowers at the cemetery. The protesters carried Ukrainian flags and chanted fascist at him, while some were dressed in white sheets smeared with blood, symbolizing the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war. Other men in his entourage were also seen splattered with what appeared to be red paint. Police arrived at the scene to help the ambassador and other members of his delegation get away.