Zelenskyy says Ukraine was born again when Russia invaded

Zelensky said in the recorded speech marking 31 years of Ukraine's independence

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Ukrainians on Wednesday in a emotional speech to mark 31 years of independence that Ukraine was reborn when Russia invaded on Feb. 24 and would recapture annexed Crimea and occupied areas in the east.

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In the recorded speech, which falls on the six-month anniversary of Russia's February 24 invasion, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine no longer saw the war ending when there was peace, but when Kyiv was actually victorious.