Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainians early Sunday morning, returning from his trip to the south of the country. In a video address, Zelenskyy has promised to “take back everything that belongs to us” in the south of Ukraine.
“We will not hand over the south to anyone,” he said in an overnight video address made after he returned from a visit to the front lines in the region, which has been under attack by invading Russian forces.
He said safe access to the sea would also be restored in the process and that Ukraine would do its utmost to allow safe food exports from its ports with international help when this became possible.
From early on in their invasion, Russian troops have taken large parts of southern Ukraine, including the entire Ukrainian coast on the Sea of Azov and parts of the Ukrainian Black Sea coast.
A Russian commander declared in April that he wanted Russia to take control of southern Ukraine and even the disputed region of Transnistria in neighboring Moldova.
(With inputs from agencies)
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