Ukraine’s President Zelensky visits Kharkiv
(Picture: via REUTERS)Volodymyr Zelensky has shared a touching Father’s Day tribute as the war with Russia continues.
The Ukrainian President said being a father is “a great happiness” that gives him the “motivation to go forward and not give up” in his tribute on Instagram.
He accompanied the post with a series of pictures of Ukrainian fathers with their children in a heartfelt Instagram post.
In a message on Instagram, Zelensky wrote: "Being a father is a great responsibility and a great happiness. It is strength, wisdom, motivation to go forward and not to give up.
"And no matter how difficult it is – to protect and defend the most precious. The future of your family, your children, and therefore the whole of Ukraine."
It comes after Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned the war could “last for years” as he urged the international community to continue to support Ukraine.
In an interview published on Sunday in the German weekly Bild am Sonntag, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that “nobody knows” how long the war could last. “We need to be prepared for it to last for years,” he said.
The comments come after NATO’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday the war in Ukraine could last for years and called for steadfast support from Ukraine’s allies.
He also urged allies ”not to weaken support for Ukraine, even if the costs are high, not only in terms of military aid, but also because of the increase in energy and food goods prices.”
Britain’s defense ministry said that both Russia and Ukraine have continued to conduct heavy artillery bombardments on axes to the north, east and south of the Sieverodonetsk pocket, but with little change in the front line.
Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai said via Telegram on Sunday: “It is a very difficult situation in Sievierodonetsk, where the enemy in the middle of the city is conducting round-the-clock aerial reconnaissance with drones, adjusting fire, quickly adjusting to our changes.”
Russia’s defense ministry claimed on Sunday that Russian and separatist forces have taken control of Metolkine, a settlement just to the east of Severodonetsk.
