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  He was a multimillionaire comedian,   the voice of Paddington Bear   and won Dancing with the Stars. After his TV series based around a man who accidentally becomes president became a hit, he founded his own party and was elected president in real life. Now, he's leading a country being invaded by the second most powerful military in the world. Those who support the way Volodymyr Zelenskyy is helming the country in the midst of an invasion forget that Ukraine was already at war for years when he took office in a surprising landslide victory in 2019. He pledged, like many other Ukrainian politicians, that he would put an end to it. "He was trying to do everything to achieve peace,"  Iuliia Mendel , a journalist and former spokeswoman for Zelenskyy, told Euronews. "He promised to finish the war soon," Mendel explained. The negotiations with Russia over the breakaway Kremlin-backed territories in Donbas led to successful ceasefire agreements, and Zelenskyy manage...

I have instructed my team to set up a charitable foundation where all net proceeds from the sale will be donated. The foundation will be for the benefit of all victims of the war in Ukraine. This includes providing critical funds towards the urgent and immediate needs of victims, as well as supporting the long-term work of recovery.

This is the first time #NATO has activated the NATO Response Force for collective defence and deterrence, triggered by Russia’s massive military build-up and its invasion of #Ukraine @EtatMajorFR 🇫🇷 @FranceOTAN https://t.co/D6HHz5vka6

 "Dear citizens of Russia! Dear friends! Today, I again consider it necessary to return to the tragic events taking place in the Donbass and the key issues of ensuring the security of Russia itself. Let me start with what I said in my address of February 21 this year. We are talking about what causes us particular concern and anxiety, about those fundamental threats that year after year, step by step, are rudely and unceremoniously created by irresponsible politicians in the West in relation to our country. I mean the expansion of the NATO bloc to the east, bringing its military infrastructure closer to Russian borders. It is well known that for 30 years we have persistently and patiently tried to reach an agreement with the leading NATO countries on the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe. In response to our proposals, we constantly faced either cynical deception and lies, or attempts to pressure and blackmail, while the North Atlantic Alliance, in the meantime...

The #UN General Assembly has voted with an overwhelming majority condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia is isolated.

Kiev’s plans to acquire its own nuclear weapons pose a threat to international security and Russia could do nothing but act in response, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. #russian #Kiev #Ukraine Today, the dangers that the Zelenskyy regime poses to neighbouring countries and international security, in general, have increased significantly. “This is happening after the authorities based in Kiev started dangerous games related to plans to acquire their own nuclear weapons,” Lavrov said at a disarmament conference. According to Lavrov, Russia has to respond to the real danger posed by Kiev. “I can assure you that Russia, as a responsible member of the international community, committed to its obligations to non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. “And it’s taking all necessary measures to prevent the emergence of nuclear weapons and related technologies in Ukraine. “We hope that everyone is aware of the need to solve this problem,’’ Lavrov added.

  "We are just fighting for our land and for our freedom. And believe me, despite the fact that all the big cities of our country are now blocked, no one will enter our freedom and state. Believe me." #russia #ukraine