Thread by @EuromaidanPress

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the UK House of Commons via video link, as Russia continues its assault on Ukraine.

This was the first broadcast of an address of a foreign leader to the House

facebook.com/euronews/video…

Main points:
🔹13 days of our defense. On the 1st day, at 4 am, cruise missiles flew at us. So everyone woke up - we, the children, we are all living people, all of Ukraine. And we haven't slept since. We all took up arms. Became a large army.

🔹On the third day, Russian troops did not hide, they simply hit people, apartment buildings. Artillery. Air bombs. And it finally showed us, showed the world who is who. Who are great people and who are just beasts.

🔹On the 5th day, terror against us became overt. Against cities, against small towns. Destroyed areas. Bombs, bombs, again bombs on houses, schools, hospitals. And this is a genocide that didn't break us. It mobilized each &every one of us. And it gave us a sense of great truth

🔹On the 6th day, Russian missiles fell on Babyn Yar. This is the place where the Nazis executed 100,000 people during World War II. 80 years later, Russia killed them a second time.

🔹On the 9th day we listened to a NATO meeting. And without the desired result, without courage. That's how we felt, I don't want to offend anyone, we felt that alliances don't work. Even the sky can't be closed. That's why security guarantees in Europe must be rebuilt from zero

🔹In the 13 days of the Russian invasion, 50 children were killed. 50 great martyrs. This is terrible! This is an emptiness. Instead of 50 universes that could live, they took them away. They just took them away.

🔹Ukraine did not want this. She did not seek greatness. But she became great during these days of war.

We will not give up and will not lose! We will go to the end. We will fight on the seas, we will fight in the air, we will defend our land, no matter what the price.

🔹 We will fight in forests, fields, on the coasts, in cities and villages, on the streets, we will fight on the hills ... And I want to add: we will fight on the mounds, on the banks of the Kalmius and the Dnipro! And we will not give up!

🔹And I am especially grateful to you, Boris, my friend! Strengthen sanctions against the terrorist state. Finally, recognize it as a terrorist state. Find a way to make our Ukrainian sky safe.

(applause)