Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his compatriots to maintain faith that peace will return to their country, and encouraged them to continue with determination and endurance on the difficult path of the war, which has now lasted 1,152 days, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Ukraine never loses faith, Zelensky said in front of the "St. Sophia" Cathedral in Kiev, wearing a shirt with Ukrainian embroidery.
"Because this faith is in us. In those who stand next to us. In Ukrainian men and Ukrainian women. "A belief that evil may have its hour, but God will have his day," he said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine during Easter, which this year falls on the same day for the Orthodox and Western churches.
Zelensky said the Russian army was trying to create the impression of an Easter truce in hostilities and that during the night the Russian army had made attempts to advance and inflict losses on Ukrainian forces on the front line.
"We know what we are defending. We know what, for whom and in whose name we are fighting. The day of life will come - the day of peace, the day of Ukraine. A day that will last a century. And we will be able to gather together again. At one table and on one peaceful Easter," Zelensky said in his message. ,