War in Ukraine: on May 8, Zelensky assures that “Russia will be defeated like Nazism”

A year after the first analogy between the war waged by Russia and the war unleashed by Nazi Germany during World War II, Volodymyr Zelensky once again used the memorable dates this Monday, May 8, 2023, to compare “evil and “darkness”. returned to the European continent” by Vladimir Putin, to Germany by Adolf Hitler.

“All the old evils that modern Russia is bringing back will be defeated just as Nazism was defeated,” the Ukrainian president said in an address posted on his social media shortly after another large-scale Russian attack on Kiev in the capital. more than thirty suicide drones were shot down over the capital.

“The goal is one: enslavement or destruction”

“Just as then we destroyed evil together, so now we destroy such evil together,” he continued. And add: “This evil, although different today, has the same goal: enslavement or destruction.”

“We will win! Volodymyr Zelensky promised once again in this recorded speech in front of the imposing World War II memorial complex overlooking the Dnieper River in Kyiv.

This speech was also made on the eve of “Victory Day” in Russia and a large military parade in Moscow, designed to elevate the patriotic feeling of Russia, in which Vladimir Putin will take part. Russians traditionally keep May 9, 1945 as the day of victory over Nazi Germany, 24 hours after the date kept by the West.

“We will never forget the contribution of the Ukrainian people to the victory over Nazism,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed. “And we will not allow anyone to lie that victory in this war could have happened without the participation of another country or people,” he said.

The Ukrainian president again accused Moscow of opposing the “ideals” of democracy by “aggression and annexation, occupation and deportation, massacre and torture, bombardment of cities and burning of villages.” “We will not lose what we have won, we will return everything that was captured by the enemy,” he also assured in this ten-minute speech.

Ukraine says it is finalizing preparations for a major offensive to retake Russian-occupied territories in the east and south, in addition to annexed Crimea. In recent days, drone attacks on the Ukrainian and Russian sides have become more frequent, which, according to observers, indicates an imminent attack on Kyiv.