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With Ukraine is about to mark its independence from Soviet rule in 1991 and six months since Russian forces invaded, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a powerful response to any attack (from Russia).
Zelenskyy, who has been leading his country’s resistance since Russian troops since February 24, said Ukraine would restore its rule over the Crimea region – annexed by Russia in 2014 in a precursor to this year’s invasion.
Zelenskyy had warned at the weekend that Moscow might try something particularly ugly in the run-up to Independence Day on Wednesday. “They will receive a response, a powerful response,” he said.
On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War that date back to 2014. The invasion caused Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II, with around 6.7 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced. Russia has not said how many of its soldiers have been killed. Ukraine’s General Staff has estimated the Russian military death toll at 45,400.
In a video Zelenskyy said: “Tomorrow is an important day for all of us – it is also, unfortunately, important for our enemy. We must be aware that disgusting Russian provocations and brutal strikes are possible tomorrow.”
There was growing unease among Ukraine’s Western allies that attacks could be planned by Moscow on government and civilian targets during the national holiday.
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The United States reinforced those concerns when its embassy in Kyiv issued a security alert on Tuesday, warning that it “has information that Russia is stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days”.
