“We will win,” promises Volodymyr Zelensky after two years of conflict

Despite this martial declaration by the Ukrainian president, the country is entering its third year of war weakened.

“We will vanquish”proclaimed Volodymyr Zelensky, Saturday February 24, two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “We have been fighting for this. For 730 days of our lives. And we will win, on the best day of our lives”launched the Ukrainian president from the Gostomel military airport, near kyiv.

He was accompanied of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the Italian government Giorgia Meloni and the Canadian Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Belgian Alexander de Croo, visiting the Ukrainian capital on the occasion of the second anniversary of the invasion .

Ukraine enters its third year of war weakened on Saturday. On the front,Russia multiplies its attacks and claims several successes, in particular the capture of the fortress town of Avdiïvka on February 17. Russian soldiers are also gaining ground in the east of the country, in the Mariïnka sector, now described as “hotspot” through kyiv.

New aid announced

Faced with Ukrainian difficulties, the United Kingdom has promised new aid of 287 million euros for Ukraine to stock up on ammunition. Volodymyr Zelensky also announced on Saturday the signing of bilateral security agreements with Canada and Italy, after those with several European countries, including France and Germany.

For her part, Ursula von der Leyen declared that the European Union would pay 4.5 billion euros to kyiv in March, the first tranche of an envelope of 50 billion euros approved in February by the Twenty-Seven. The day before, Emmanuel Macron had promised that his support for Ukraine would not weaken.