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“PUTIN IS MORTAL. NOW HE WON’T HAVE TIME.”
On Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day, Volodymyr Zelensky delivered one of his hardest messages yet to Moscow — and again spoke openly about Vladimir Putin’s mortality.
“Putin hopes that we are tired. We know that he is mortal. He never understood us, and now he won’t have time.”
Zelensky said Putin remains trapped in the past, still imagining Ukraine as a country that, when pushed hard enough, will “stay silent, swallow it and endure.”
“That Ukraine no longer exists.”
He rejected the idea that surrendering the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donbas would end the war:
“We will not save the Kremlin half a million soldiers.”
Zelensky also turned directly to Washington, saying America should now have no illusions about Moscow’s intentions:
“I’m glad that the United States has lost all illusions about whether Russia really wants to end this war.”
Then came his demand:
“We finally need sanctions that will make them howl.”
His message to Ukraine’s partners was equally direct:
“We are not asking you to fight for us. Give Ukraine everything necessary to stop this war — to stop it faster than Putin can start the next one.”
And China received a warning of its own. Zelensky said Beijing “must no longer remain silent” in the face of Russian nuclear threats if it truly wants to be regarded as one of the world’s leaders.
Zelensky also highlighted Ukraine’s expanding domestic arsenal: naval drones striking Russia’s fleet, long-range attacks deep inside Russia and the Flamingo missile program.
His message after 1,643 days of full-scale war was simple:
Ukraine is exhausted. Ukraine wants peace. But Ukraine will not surrender.
Happy Independence Day, Ukraine. 🇺🇦
❗️UK PM Andy Burnham has approved the transfer of Storm Shadow technology to Ukraine.
"President Zelenskyy has now asked that we share our Storm Shadow technology so that Ukraine can build these capabilities themselves. I am pleased to confirm today that I have approved that request, and that British and French industry - and we thank President Macron and his colleagues too - will now work with Ukraine to take this capability forward.
I am also asking British industry to get behind Project Freyja to provide a lower-cost alternative to US Patriot systems for intercepting ballistic missiles."
A parade of combat robots—on land, at sea, and in the air—over Kyiv; something other nations wouldn't have even dared to dream of. This extraordinary idea was realized because a conventional Independence Day parade was not possible during the war.
Ukrainian ground-based robotic systems rolled along Khreshchatyk, Ukrainian naval drones moved across the Dnieper, and military aircraft and combat drones flew overhead.
What comes to mind is this: why isn't Ukraine in NATO yet?