Russia can try something particularly cruel this week - Zelensky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that this week Russia "can try to do something particularly disgusting and cruel. " He said this in his evening video on Saturday, August 20. “We should be aware that this week Russia can try to make something particularly disgusting, something particularly cruel. Such is the enemy. But even any other week in this half a year, Russia did the same constantly-disgusting and cruel, ”Zelensky said.

Video of the day, according to him, one of the key tasks of the aggressor country is to humiliate Ukrainians, depreciate their opportunities, defenders; disseminate despair, fear and conflicts. “Therefore, it is important not to yield to this hostile pressure for a minute, not to twist yourself, not to show weakness. We all have to be strong enough to resist any hostile provocations as much as needed, ”the President emphasized.

The day before, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukrainians was called to be vigilant and not to ignore air anxieties before August 24 - the Day of Independence of Ukraine - and on the day of celebration due to possible hostile attacks. On August 15, Belaruski Gayun's monitoring group reported that Russia had accumulated considerable forces in Belarus - probably for a massive rocket strike in Ukraine.