Ukraine marks 1,000 days of war, vows resistance against Russian aggression
Ukraine commemorated 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, with a resolute declaration of defiance against Moscow’s aggression.
“Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers, and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated on Tuesday.
President Volodymyr Zelensky marked the somber milestone by condemning recent attacks on the northeastern region of Sumy, where a drone strike on a school dormitory in Hlukhiv killed eight people, including a child, and injured 12 others. The tragedy followed another devastating attack in the same region on Sunday, which claimed 89 lives.
“Russia continues to terrorize our border regions,” Zelensky wrote on X (formerly Twitter), accusing President Vladimir Putin of perpetuating the conflict and rejecting peace talks. Footage shared by Zelensky showed emergency responders sifting through rubble to rescue victims.
As part of the day’s events, Zelensky is set to address the European Parliament via videolink from Kyiv.
The speech coincides with U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against Russia, escalating the West’s military support for Kyiv.
In the meantime, Russia declared that its revised nuclear doctrine, which states that any invasion by a non-nuclear state supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint strike on Russia, had been approved.
It asserts that Russia has the right to deploy nuclear weapons in the event that its sovereignty is seriously threatened, even if that threat is posed by conventional weapons, an assault on Belarus, or a large-scale launch of drones, military aircraft, cruise missiles, or other airborne vehicles across Russian territory.
