Zelensky: We're winning this war

He added that the dark “ ”s for residents of this region are already past.

- Yes. This region has been under Russian occupation since the beginning of the war and has been freed only after Kharkiv's counteroffensive”, he said.

“Ukraine is gaining and freedom is all”, the Ukrainian leader added.

Zelensky claimed the Kremlin is planning to force residents of occupied areas to fight for the Russian Army. The aim of annexation is clear -- the conqueror wants to send to the army residents of occupied territory”, he said during an online speech with Harvard University students, CNN writes.

Any attempt to annex Ukrainian territory “means there is nothing left to dialogue with Russian President”, Zelensky said in another address to the UN Security Council. /Periscopi/