“You will compensate us”: Zelenskyj directs new clear message to Russia

Cologne City Gazette “You will compensate us”: Zelenskyj directs new clear message to Russia ksta - 3 hrs ago In another speech by Volodymyr Zelenskyy to his people on Thursday morning, the Ukrainian President called on Russia to settle the damage in his country. “Russian missile and bombing raids on Ukrainian cities are an admission that they failed to achieve anything significant on our soil. All of our defenses have been preserved. The enemy is not successful in any of the strategic directions. They are being oppressed," said Zelenskyy. “We will restore every house, every street, every city. And we say to Russia: learn the words reparations and contributions. You will fully compensate us for everything you have done against our state, against every Ukrainian,” he continued. Zelenskyj calls for humanitarian aid He also called for humanitarian convoys to be sent to Ukraine. Zelenskyj also reported that the first volunteers from abroad had arrived to join the planned international legion. "They come to defend freedom, to defend life. For us, for all of us," said the head of state. Previously, the Ukrainian President issued a decree guaranteeing visa-free entry for all volunteer fighters from abroad. The 44-year-old praised the resilience of his people. “We have survived two world wars, three famines, the Holocaust, the great 'purge', the Chernobyl explosion, the occupation of Crimea and the war in the east of our state. We've been through so much. And if someone thinks that after we overcome all this, Ukrainians will be scared and broken or will capitulate, then they just don't know anything about us. He doesn't know anything about Ukraine.” At the end of his speech, Zelenskyy switched from Ukrainian to Russian and addressed the Russian troops. "Goes home. In your homeland. To protect your Russian-speaking people,” Zelenskyy said.