The second day of war in Ukraine: Zelensky: Ukraine was left alone in front of the Russians

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Posted by: Ecaterina Arvintii

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25 Feb. 2022 / 07:06

The second day of war in Ukraine: Zelensky: Ukraine was left alone in front of the Russians

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that he will remain in Kiev as Ukrainian forces fight Russian invaders advancing on the Ukrainian capital in the strongest attack on a European state since World War II, Reuters reports. quoted by Free Europe.

"The enemy has marked me as the number one target," Zelenski warned in a televised message on Friday. "My family is the number two target. They want to destroy Ukraine politically by destroying the head of state." "I will stay in the capital. My family is also in Ukraine," said the Kiev leader.

President Zelensky had a video speech in which he expressed regret that Ukraine had been "left alone" in the confrontation with the Russian army. "Who is ready to fight with us? I don't see anyone. Who is ready to give Ukraine the guarantee of joining NATO? Everyone is afraid," Zelensky said, according to Adevărul.ro.

Meanwhile, the foreign ministers of the member states of the European Union are meeting today in an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (EAC) dedicated to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, DPA reports, quoted by Agerpres.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 14:00 GMT, and is on the agenda to discuss new options for supporting Ukraine and how the European Union should deal with Russia in the future.

If the technical and legal checks are completed by noon, a new package of sanctions against Russia could even be officially approved. EU leaders agreed on Thursday on a new massive package of sanctions against Russia, targeting the energy, financial and transport sectors.

At least three other explosions were heard in Kiev early Friday, CNN reported, and occurred in the western part of the city, according to American journalists there.

According to Mediafax, at 04:25, Russia launched a preliminary missile attack on the Zaporozhye region, especially on the "Primorsky Pasad" border unit. The Ukrainian Border Service reports that border guards are dead and injured.

The air raid sirens were activated in Vinnitsa and Odessa this morning.

TRM.MD recalls that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a large-scale military operation against Ukraine on Thursday, February 24, at 3:00 a.m., with airstrikes and the entry of Russian ground forces from several directions into Ukrainian territory, after he had recognized the independence of the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine.

At least 100 people were killed on the first day of the war and hundreds more were injured, Ukrainian authorities said. At the same time, thousands of Ukrainians have already left their country, with women and children fleeing the war entering the Republic of Moldova on Thursday.

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