00:00We must explain to people where they are being manipulated, where they are lied to, and what is happening where.
00:08We need to mobilize our spirit.
00:12I would like to appeal to all our citizens, to all our media, all honest Ukrainian media,
00:18to circulate information about how our military is fighting back.
00:25There is little such information in the media right now.
00:28Our military need your support and support from our public.
00:36Our army, believe me when I say this, we have an army of powerful people,
00:43and our public are also a powerful force, and they need to support our army.
00:48The military are engaged in heavy fighting, fending off attacks in Donbas, in the north, in the east, and in the south.
00:58The enemy has sustained heavy casualties, and they will be even heavier.
01:03They came to our land.
01:07Ukraine is being attacked from the air, from the north to the south,
01:12and national solidarity is the main support of Ukraine's statehood.
01:19But I believe it is not the only one.
01:24We are issuing arms, defensive weapons, to all those capable of defending our sovereignty.
01:34Each citizen of Ukraine will decide the future of our people.
01:39Anyone with military experience who is able to join the defense of Ukraine must report to stations,
01:48calling call-up stations.
01:52We are calling on veterans.
01:56Please follow detailed information.
01:59Since morning, we have injured among the military, and we need blood.
02:10Please become donors and donate your blood to our defenders.
02:13Also, in these difficult conditions, every company, every business person is in a position to decide our future.
02:30Please work for the sake of society and for the sake of each of us.
02:36The national bank and the banks of Ukraine have all the resources necessary to secure the state's financial resources,
02:53everything to provide for the defense of Ukraine and for the interests of our people.
02:59I am grateful to all our politicians who supported Ukraine and who stand in defense of our independence.
03:08We don't have political opponents now.
03:11We are all citizens of a wonderful country, and we are standing in defense of our freedom.
03:18Be ready to support your state in the squares of your cities.
03:24We will remove sanctions on any citizens of Ukraine.
03:29The Security Council of Ukraine has decided to remove sanctions from anyone who is able to take up arms in defense of our country as part of territorial defense.
03:39This morning, dear citizens, this morning has gone down in history, but it is a different history for us and for Russia.
03:56We have severed diplomatic relations with Russia.
04:01Ukraine is defending itself and shall not cede its freedom, whatever they might think in Moscow.
04:07Russia has attacked our state in a cunning way, in the way that Nazi Germany did during the Second World War.
04:31From today, our countries are on opposing sides of world history.
04:37Russia is on the path of evil, but much depends on the Russian people.
04:43The people of Russia will have to choose which path each of them takes.
04:53Anyone in Russia who has not lost their honor, they have time to come out and protest against this war.
05:02And I would like to appeal separately both to the citizens of Ukraine and in Russian, also to Russians.
05:18I know that this is not being shown on your TV channels and much is blocked in the social media, but this evil, this desire to eliminate a nation is impossible to block.
05:37You cannot block history.
05:38Therefore, dear citizens of Ukraine, our strong citizens of Ukraine, anyone who has relatives in Russia, and I'm sure you do, those who have friends, who know journalists, bloggers in Russia, please appeal to them.
05:55They must always talk about this.
05:58Then Russia will know the truth.
06:01It is important.
06:02We will update you every hour.
06:07We will talk to you every hour with our population, with our public.
06:14From now on, this is our multi-million army.
06:19Glory to Ukraine.
06:20Now, there you go.
06:24The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, there with an emotional address.
06:29Just a couple of things he said.
06:31First of all, he announced that he had severed diplomatic relations with Russia, saying that Russia is on the path of evil.
06:38He also called on ordinary Russian civilians to come out and protest in Russia about this war, and he acknowledged that most Russians probably aren't seeing what you, watching us here, are seeing, and said that Ukrainians who had relatives and friends in Russia should reach out to them directly and ask them to protest and spread the word about what's coming.
07:01He said that the enemy had sustained heavy casualties.
07:04He called for blood donations.
07:05And this is interesting, too.
07:07He said authorities will be issuing weapons to those capable of defending the country and, in fact, ask for people who are capable of carrying weapons and defending the country to go to stations to be issued with weapons.
07:22Let's go now to our Nick Payton Walsh in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa.
07:26Nick, I know you were listening to this striking, basically calling on people to come out, get armed and go fight.
07:35Yeah, I mean, calling people to fight in the squares of the towns in which they live.
07:42I mean, to some degree, a call for unity, also possibly a sign of some sense of desperation of what may lie ahead.
07:50Much of the analysis of what Russia's military might do here in full flow gives the Ukrainian military less of a chance.
07:55But they will face a population that is bitterly angry at their presence.
08:00And that possibly is what Ukraine's president is trying to harness.
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