While the Ukrainian capital is under fire from Russian bombs, the mayor of the city tells our colleagues from France Bleu Occitanie that he will defend his city to the end.
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“The Russian flag will never fly over kyiv”, assured Tuesday March 22 Vitali Klitschko, mayor of the twinned city with Toulouse, in an exclusive interview with France Bleu Occitanie. The former boxing world champion, mayor of kyiv since 2004 talks about “65 people killed” in his city since the start of the Russian invasion.
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“We would rather die than kneel down”adds Vitali Klitschko, who promises that “Russian soldiers will never return to the city of kyiv”. According to him, Moscow “didn’t expect such resistance from the Ukrainians”.
“Three weeks ago, the Russian armies planned to be welcomed and take Ukraine in three days”continues the Ukrainian mayor. “Russian soldiers are contract soldiers who receive money for what they do. Our soldiers, they fight for their families, for their wives, for their homes, for their land.”