Volodymyr Zelensky Before Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine Started: When It Was Attacked, What You See Our Faces, Not Our Backs

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JAKARTA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech a few hours before Russia's first offensive began. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that the war that broke out was detrimental to many parties.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized Russia's military presence along the border. The number is not kidding almost 200 thousand soldiers. Not to mention calculated with Russia's advanced war tools.

Previously, the editors had reviewed the Russian military forces that had been prepared to carry out an invasion of Ukraine. You can read about it in the article 'How the Russian Military Encircles Ukraine, Prepare Elite Troops and Assault Helicopters'.

"Your leaders agreed for them to move forward, into the territory of other countries. And this step could be the beginning of a major war on the European continent," Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, quoted by Al Jazeera, Wednesday, February 24.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said war was not what they were looking for. Whatever it's called, the Cold war, the hot war to the hybrid war.

But he said that does not mean Ukraine will stand by if attacked. If anyone tries to take away the territory, freedom, life, and happiness of Ukrainian citizens, Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises not to remain silent.

"We will defend ourselves. Not attacking, but defending ourselves. And when you are going to attack us, you will see our faces, not our backs, but our faces," he stressed.

For Zelenskyy, war is a catastrophe and will pay a heavy price. War will make people lose money, reputation, quality of life, to freedom.

Ukrainian panic

Explosions to sirens that continue to resonate throughout the city, is enough to make Ukrainian citizens into an extraordinary panic. Reports from Al Jazeera in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, there are large queues at ATM machines and gas stations as people fear power and internet outages.

Not to mention the situation on the train to Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine when news of the Russian invasion broke.

"Everyone was panicking ... there was an old man asking what was going on and the flight attendant told him 'the war has just begun," Cincurova said.

“There was another passenger, an old woman whose son was in the army, who started crying. Other people wished each other good luck… and there was a big discussion about whether we should all go down in the next village,” he added.

“Some people decided to go east to meet their families, but others came down.”