Kyiv, March 3 : As the Russian invasion entered eighth day amid reports that over 2,000 Ukrainian civilians may have died, President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Thursday that his people were not scared, cannot be broken and will not surrender. “They wanted to destroy us so many times. They couldn’t. We’ve been through so much! And if someone thinks that having overcome all this, Ukrainians will be frightened, broken or surrender, he knows nothing about Ukraine. And he has nothing to do in Ukraine,” he said in his Telegram channel. “Go home. Protect Russian-speaking people,” he added. Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said of a mass resistance underway in Energodar since Wednesday: “This is a true People’s War for Ukraine.” “Putin has no chance of winning it. On this photo civilians block Russian invaders in Energodar yesterday. One of hundreds of such photos and videos. We need partners to help Ukraine defend itself. Especially in the air. Close the sky now!” Kuleba said. In Energodar, which has a population of less than 53,000 on the banks of Dnieper river, hundreds took to the streets blocking the main streets in a desperate attempt to halt the Russian military advance on Wednesday. Enerhodar is home to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the largest power plant in Europe. ING MR
