Zelensky appeals for “a Ukraine without Russia” and highlights its role in a Europe that is committed to rearming

The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, appealed this Wednesday for a country without war and without the “threat” that Russia represents, at the same time that he has claimed his place in a Europe in which “for the first time” he will leave his role as “observer” to be one of its “leaders” thanks to weapons projects.

“We will do everything possible to build an anti-ballistic system for Europe, unifying all European anti-ballistic capabilities, so that the skies of our people are protected,” Zelensky stressed during the speech he gave on the occasion of the State Day of Ukraine.

A speech in which he focused on the defense achievements that Ukraine has managed to achieve in recent weeks, whether the long-range attacks on Russian territory, the arms agreements with France, or the concessions that the United States has granted them to manufacture Patriot missiles.

“There are no longer unattainable limits for Ukrainian justice in hostile territory. 500 of our drones a day, dozens of refineries, tankers of the clandestine fleet and the Russian military infrastructure have suffered it. It makes no sense to attack the sovereignty of Ukraine,” Zelensky extolled.

“Our main objective is not a Russia without gasoline, but a Ukraine without Russia, a Ukraine without war, a Ukraine with Europe and a Ukraine and Europe without the threat of Moscow,” he said, while thanking all the countries that have helped increase the Ukrainian arsenal and armories.

“This is Ukraine today. A State that was given 72 hours, but that has endured twelve years of aggression and 1,603 days of full-scale war,” Zelensky highlighted, ensuring that even “Russian propagandists” admit that “Ukraine is a State that Russia cannot defeat” and that “NATO needs.”