Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vows victory on 100th day of Russian invasion

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday said the country will emerge victor in the war started by Russia. This comment, by the Ukrainian president comes as Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour entered its 100th day with Russian troops pounding the Donbas region.

Thousands of people have reportedly been killed, millions sent fleeing and towns turned into rubble, since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine on February 24.

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It is reported that Russia’s advance has been slowed by a fierce Ukrainian resistance which repelled them from around the capital and forced Moscow to shift its aims towards capturing the east.

Since then, Russia has taken its fifth Ukrainian territory — tripling the land under its occupation from 2014 when it seized Crimea and parts of Donbas.

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Moscow assessed that “certain results have been achieved,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, pointing to the “liberation” of some areas from what he called the “pro-Nazi armed forces of Ukraine”.

But Zelensky said Russia will not prevail appearing in a video accompanied by the same key political leaders also shown in a video posted on February 24 when they vowed to defend their country.

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“Our team is much bigger. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are here. The most important — the people, the people of our state are here. Defending Ukraine for 100 days already,” he said.

“Victory will be ours,” he declared in a show of defiance in the video with the presidential office building as a backdrop.

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Putin’s troops are now concentrating their forces in the Donbas, in the east, where some of the fiercest fighting is centred on the industrial hub city of Severodonetsk.