Zelenskiy, standing in the dark, says 'shelling will not break us'
October 28, 2022, 8:57 am

Zelenskiy, standing in the dark, says 'shelling will not break us'

Earlier when we looked up, we were always looking for blue skies. Today, when we look up, we are looking for only one thing - the flag of Ukraine - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's official Facebook account

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday (Oct 27) stood outside in the dark beside the wreckage of a downed drone and vowed that widespread Russian attacks on power plants would not break Ukrainian spirits.

Abandoning his usual indoor setting, Zelenskiy said in his daily video address that Kyiv had shot down 23 drones in the last two days.

Russia has aimed dozens of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles at Ukraine's electricity generating network in the last two weeks, causing major damage and triggering blackouts.

"Shelling will not break us - to hear the enemy's anthem on our land is scarier than the enemy's rockets in our sky. We are not afraid of the dark," he said.

Kyiv and four regions may have to cut electricity supplies for longer than planned after Russian strikes, a senior official said earlier on Thursday (Oct 27).

Zelenskiy said that Russia had so far launched more than 8,000 air strikes and fired 4,500 missiles.

"Evil always ends the same way. The occupier becomes a capitulator. The invader becomes a fugitive. War criminals become defendants, aggression becomes a sentence," Zelenskiy said in a Facebook statement.

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"Destruction becomes reparations. Enemy equipment becomes museum exhibits. The feats of grandfathers become the victories of grandchildren.

"The day of the liberation of Ukraine from the Nazis on the 247th day of our struggle becomes a symbol: the result of our struggle definitely becomes the liberation of our Ukraine. The captured territory becomes free. This has always been the case in the past, and will certainly be the case in the future," the statement added.

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