<div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><strong>New Delhi:</strong> Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday urged his people to remain unbowed despite Russian attacks that have plunged millions into darkness as the country celebrates Christmas.</p> <div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"Freedom comes at a high price. But slavery has an even higher price," he said in a video address to Ukrainians, news agency Reuters reported.</p> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Speaking 10 months to the day since Russia launched a war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions more, Zelensky said, "We endured at the beginning of the war - we withstood attacks, threats, nuclear blackmail, terror, missile strikes. We will endure this winter because we know what we are fighting for."</p> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><strong>ALSO READ:</strong> <a title="Don't Ask 'Santan Hindu' Students To Dress Up As Santa, Bring Christmas Tree: VHP To MP Schools" href="https://ift.tt/XqU9z4V" target="_blank" rel="dofollow noopener">Don't Ask 'Santan Hindu' Students To Dress Up As Santa, Bring Christmas Tree: VHP To MP Schools</a></p> <div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Russia's missile and drone attacks have left millions of Ukrainians without power, heating and running water.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Earlier on Saturday, officials said that Russian air strikes killed 10 people in Ukraine's southern Kherson city.</p> <div class="ssrcss-11r1m41-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The regional authorities said that another 68 people were injured and called on local residents to urgently donate blood.</p> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00"><strong>ALSO READ:</strong> <a title="Paris Shootout: Clashes Break Out For Second Day Over Killings Of 3 Kurds" href="https://ift.tt/07UEqwX" target="_blank" rel="dofollow noopener">Paris Shootout: Clashes Break Out For Second Day Over Killings Of 3 Kurds</a></p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-5">"Even in complete darkness, we will find each other to hug each other tightly. And if there is no heat, we will embrace each other for a long time to warm one another," Zelensky said.</p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-6">In the clip, which lasted just under nine minutes, he further added, "We will celebrate our holidays! As always. We will smile and be happy. As always. The difference is one. We will not wait for a miracle. After all, we create it ourselves."</p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-6">The video was filmed outside at night with just a few white lights and a Christmas tree in the background.</p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-8">Zelensky further noted that Ukrainian troops were fighting battles in the eastern Donbas region while others were in exile both home and abroad, having fled the Russians.</p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-9">"We have been fighting them for more than 300 days and eight years. Will we allow them to achieve what they want?" he said, referring to Russia's 2014 occupation of Crimea.</p> <p class="text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI" data-testid="paragraph-9"><em><strong>(With inputs from Reuters)</strong></em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>
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