“We are defending our country for the 15th day. We insisted. The Ukrainian army pushes back attacks in key areas. Thanks to our army, the National Guard, the border guards, the police, the terrorists and all those who joined the defense, we did not become slaves. And we will never be. Because this is our spirit, this is our destiny”, he said in a speech today.

He also signed a law on the forced confiscation of Russian property in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the German Chancellor Olaf Solz and the French President Emmanuel Macron have put pressure on the Russian President Vladimir Putin for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

According to a German government official, the two European leaders also told the Russian president today that any solution to the war in Ukraine should come from “negotiations between Ukraine and Russia”, the official added.

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“Mr Macron and Mr Soltz insisted that any solution to this crisis should come from negotiations between Ukraine and Russia”, the German government source said, adding that during the conversation the two Western leaders also demanded an “immediate ceasefire from Russia” in Ukraine.

The three leaders agreed to remain in close contact in the coming days, the German government official concluded.