Zelenskyy has warned that Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, could consider “something especially unattractive” in the operate-up to Wednesday’s Independence Day, which marks Ukraine’s split from Soviet rule.
Requested at a news conference with browsing Polish President Andrzej Duda about the possibility of a Russian missile strike on Kyiv, he said there was a everyday risk of attacks and Ukrainian intelligence was doing work with foreign intelligence.
“Russia does this all the time. Can they raise the quantity of these strikes? Certainly, they can do it on (August) 23rd-24th,” Zelenskyy said.
“What will Ukraine do if they hit Kyiv? The very same as now. Mainly because for me as president, and for each and every Ukrainian, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Donbas, it is all the same. Ukrainians reside there. (and) Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia.”
He mentioned the reaction would be the very same for any Ukrainian town that comes beneath assault from Russia.
“If they hit us, they will acquire a reaction, a potent reaction,” Zelenskyy claimed. “I want to say that just about every day, this response will mature, it will get more powerful and more robust.”