Zelensky says he doesn't want Ukraine's history to be 'a legend about 300 Spartans' and calls for

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Source: Business Insider

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday said he doesn't want Ukraine's history to be "a legend about 300 Spartans," and called for an end to Russia's ongoing war.

"I don't want Ukraine's history to be a legend about 300 Spartans," Zelensky said during a press conference, which was translated for a broadcast.

Zelensky appears to be referring to the Battle of Thermopylae during Ancient Greece in which a small group of Greek soldiers was outnumbered in the face of their Persian enemy.

"I am so confident with our military and with our people defending our state, because our state is very special and our people are very special," Zelensky said. "I don't want them destroyed, I want them all to remain."

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[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[PoliticAverse]

2. Every day the war lasts more Ukrainians die, more leave the country, more buildings...

and infrastructure are destroyed.

[wnylib]

11. And Russia is further weakened.

It can only end with Ukranians winning, whether in the fighting on land (and in cyber space) or by Russians deposing Putin.

[PoliticAverse]

13. A flattened, empty, Ukraine would be a Pyrrhic victory

[wnylib]

15. So would a world war between nuclear superpowers.

It is still possible yet that we might fight Russia directly in Ukraine for humanitarian reasons.

If the US gets into direct fighting with Russia in Ukraine, we will go it alone. NATO will have no obligation to join us if we choose to enter the war directly against Russia because that would be a voluntary choice, without being the victim of an attack.

Such an action by the US would create divides in NATO which is exactly what Putin wants. A weakened NATO and EU works in Russia's favor.

[elleng]

3. Thanks

[sop]

4. It looks like Putin wants to get rid of Ukrainians and repopulate the country with Russians.

[onecaliberal]

7. Yup. He wants the country. He is killing everyone who wont go along.

[wnylib]

16. Putin also wants to weaken NATO

and the EU by creating divisionscon how we respond to his invasion of Ukraine. A weakened NATO would enable Putin further.

[List left]

5. What he said NT

[love_katz]

6. Kicking for visibility! May my kick send some energy in support of Ukraine!

[stage left]

8. K&R

PEACE

[Chrysanthemum]

9. Every time Zelensky speaks...

...I realize how special HE is. What a leader, so inspiring!

[Ellipsis]

10. It kinda reads like he's going to concede.

[2naSalit]

12. K&R

[Happy Hoosier]

14. I can't believe we are allowing this to happen

My heart is breaking.

[JudyM]

17. Poignant.

Something in my eye…