Ukraine Leader Pledges Push For Victory On Anniversary

February 24, 2023 4:12 am

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s president has pledged to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber first anniversary of the Russian invasion that he called “the longest day of our lives.” In a defiant video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recalled the terror unleashed a year ago by the Russian assault, triggering Europe’s biggest and deadliest war since World War II. He said: “We survived the first day of the full-scale war. We didn’t know what tomorrow would bring, but we clearly understood that for each tomorrow, you need to fight. And we fought,”