The president said that he wanted to support the military and the residents of the city.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyi in Monday, November 11, he arrived in Kherson, liberated from the Russian occupiers. This was reported by Reuters, and the former ambassador of Ukraine to Austria Oleksandr Scherba also wrote on Twitter.
As Reuters writes, Zelensky thanked the military for liberating the city.
“We are moving forward. We are ready for peace, peace for our entire country,” he told the soldiers standing in line in front of the administration building on the city's main square.
The president thanked NATO and other allies for their support in the war against Russia and said that the delivery of highly mobile artillery systems of salvo fire (HIMARS) has greatly strengthened Kyiv. : “Not Moscow… We are not interested in the territories of another country.”
Answering journalists' questions about why he is taking so many risks after arriving in Kherson, the president replied that it is important to be in the city.
“It is important to be here, everyone takes risks. Soldiers take risks every day, it is important to be here, to support people, we are talking about Kherson here. And in a human way, I want to receive emotions and energy from people,” said Zelensky.
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