'We will win', defiant Zelenskiy tells Russia on World War Two anniversary


  • World
  • Monday, 09 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (not pictured), as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine May 8, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Kyiv would defeat Russia's invasion and not give up a single piece of land, as he marked victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two.

Zelenskiy, in a powerful video address, commemorated the deaths of more than eight million Ukrainians in World War Two and said that Kyiv would not allow Moscow to appropriate the victory over Nazism for itself.

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