Tanya Polyakovska10:27, 24.08.26

He emphasizes that the United States has lost all illusions about whether Russia really wants to end this war, and China “should no longer remain silent.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin is mortal, and Ukrainian Flamingo missiles should be a mass “bird” and “winter” in Russia. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his address on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day.

He noted that tens of thousands of ground robotic complexes are performing extremely dangerous missions at the front and have already saved thousands of soldiers.

“Our naval drones are in action: the enemy had a fleet, it is becoming scrap. But we have to sink more,” the head of state emphasized.

In addition, our mid-strikes cut off enemy logistics, and our long-range strikes cut off their profits.

“Thousands of our dipstrikes have already been seen by Moscow, Tuapse, Tula, Ryazan, “Olenya”, Omsk, and dozens of other points where our Ukrainian justice has already reached. Russia should see more of such justice. “Flamingos” should not be a rare species, but a mass “bird”. They should “winter” in Russia,” Zelensky emphasized.

He also noted that “we see what Putin is doing and what he wants,” and “a solution against his ballistic terror must be found, and this bet of his should not be played.”

“Now we are shooting down 90% plus of the Shaheds. Russia has switched to jets. We are already shooting them down, but we have to do it en masse. The same should be true of the “banderoles”, the same should be true of their ballistics. Ukraine is doing everything for this. And it will do it,” the president said.

About Putin, the USA and China

Zelensky also emphasized that Putin is “stuck in the past” and still looks at the old-style Ukraine – the one that “will keep quiet, swallow, tolerate,” but such a Ukraine no longer exists.

“We will not let them seize the initiative, deceive Europe and the whole world that we just need to give up Donbas and everything will be over quickly,” he said, adding that Russia does not want peace, but wants to mobilize.

The head of state noted that Putin hopes that we are tired, but “we know that he is mortal.”

“He never understood us. Now he won’t have time,” Zelensky added.

He also noted that he was glad that “the United States has lost all illusions about whether Russia really wants to end this war.”

“I believe that all contradictions and phobias about Russia will disappear in America. We need to bring the “Russians” to the negotiating table. We finally need sanctions, after which they will howl. We need to give Ukraine everything that will force them to end the war. And this is possible,” the head of state emphasized.

He also stressed that China “must no longer remain silent.”

“When someone dresses up in a sailor suit and a cap and, pronouncing some words poorly, talks about a nuclear strike, China must react, must cool the dust. China must prove its ambition to be one of the world leaders, and not only economically and technologically, but also civilizationally – making it clear that no dictators should threaten the planet with their old warheads,” Zelensky said.

(C)UNIAN 2026