Speeches, 2019—2022
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Know that Ukraine is grateful to the United States for its overwhelming support. For all that your state and your people have already done for our freedom. For weapons and ammunition, for training and funding, and for the economic pressure you have put on our aggressor. I am grateful to President Biden for his sincere commitment to the defence of Ukraine and to democracy around the world. And I am grateful to you for this resolution, which recognises all those who commit crimes against the Ukrainian people as war criminals. But now, in the darkest time for our country, I urge you to do more …
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I want the leaders of the russian federation to see how their orders are being carried out. They share the responsibility. They are culpable for the arms torn off by explosives, and for the people shot in the back of the head with their hands tied.
This is how the Russian state will now be seen. This is your image. Your culture and humanity died along with the Ukrainian men and women you killed.
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--Volodymyr Zelensky
All of President Zelensky’s proceeds from this book will go to United24, his initiative to collect donations in support of Ukraine.