Zelensky taunts Putin by wearing ‘make russia small again’ T-shirt in video address to nation

Zelensky taunts Putin by wearing ‘make russia small again’ T-shirtSource: Volodymyr Zelenskyy

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00:00I wish you good health, dear Ukrainians.

00:03In short, on this day, I held a meeting with Prime Minister Denis Shmygalev

00:08on the current issues and some irreversible decisions that need to be praised.

00:13There was also a meeting with the Secretary of the NSC, Oleksandr Litvinenko,

00:18about the control over the implementation of the decision of the NSC

00:22and the preparation of some military issues for the next stage.

00:26There was an address of the head of the Syrsky front and the Kursk operation

00:31to the most complex directions in Donetsk region,

00:35as well as to the needs of our soldiers, our combat brigades

00:39in the operability of the supply from the partners.

00:43Operability always means greater results.

00:47I want to note today our soldiers of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade,

00:54this is the Pokrovsky direction, and the 79th Cheap Brigade, this is the Kurakhi direction.

01:00Thank you, guys.

01:02There is now important news from the United States of America.

01:06America has approved a decision to give 20 billion dollars.

01:09These are funds that are secured with frozen Russian assets.

01:15Part of the G7 decision about 50 billion dollars for Ukraine, for our defense.

01:21For our resilience. This is what really supports us.

01:25And it is important to realize this already this year.

01:30Thank you to the United States, thank you to the G7.

01:34Today there was a meeting with representatives of our Ukrainian civil society.

01:42There were many organizations, foreign policy,

01:47in the development of the defense sphere, human rights, protection of freedom.

01:53In particular, there was Maxim Butkevich, a Ukrainian human rights activist and a soldier,

01:58whom we recently managed to free from the Russian captivity.

02:02We discussed in detail the plan of victory and our need to unite

02:07in order to return justice to Ukraine, to bring peace,

02:12and to talk with partners about everything that can make Ukraine stronger.

02:18We are counting on the unity in the promotion of the decision of partners

02:22on the invitation of Ukraine to NATO, as well as on the development of our defense system.

02:28It is necessary to actively call on partners to be decisive in defense cooperation.

02:35And we also have to work together on the steps that will allow Ukraine to recover faster after this war.

02:45Thank you to everyone who helps. Glory to everyone who fights for Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!