President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Ukrainians on Easter Sunday not to surrender hope that peace will return to their nation and to persevere to beat the tough path of warfare on which they’ve been touring for 1,152 days.
Sporting a gray conventional Ukrainian vyshyvanka embroidered shirt and standing in entrance of Kyiv’s primary church, Saint Sophia Cathedral, Zelensky mentioned in a social media video that Ukraine by no means loses religion.
“As a result of this religion is in one another,” mentioned Zelensky, who’s Jewish, in a message crammed with lyricism and emotion. “In those that stand subsequent to you. In Ukrainian males, in Ukrainian ladies. Religion that evil might have its hour however God may have his day.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced a shock one-day ceasefire in Ukraine on Saturday for Easter – which falls on the identical day this yr for Orthodox and Western church buildings.
However Zelensky mentioned earlier on Sunday that the Russian military was making a pretense of a pause in hostilities, persevering with in a single day makes an attempt to inflict front-line losses on Ukraine.
“We all know what we’re defending. We all know what we’re combating for. For whom and for whose sake,” Zelensky mentioned.
“The day of life will come. The day of peace. The day of Ukraine. A day that lasts a century. And we can collect collectively once more. At one desk. On a peaceable Easter.”
