Zelenskyy pays tribute to fallen soldiers three years after Russian invasion

Kaja KallaseU foreign policy chief

You can discuss whatever you want with Putin. But if it comes to Europe or Ukraine, then Ukraine and Europe also have to agree to this deal,

Kallas told reporters in Brussels

For a fair peace, the country that is under attack must be part of peace negotiations,

he wrote

Friedrich Merzconservative leader

More than ever, we must put Ukraine in a position of strength."

Coming off his victory in Sunday's German elections, conservative leader Friedrich Merz — also a staunch backer of Ukraine — posted on X Monday

We are living a defining moment for Ukraine and European security,

he said in a post on social media

The autocrats around the world are watching very carefully whether there's any impunity if you violate international borders or invade your neighbor, or if there is true deterrence,

she said

Unfortunately, the Russian unprovoked war continues and Ukraine still needs international support more than ever,

Ivanchov said

Today we mark three years of Russian barbaric invasion of Ukraine and unprecedented of a large-scale war that [Vladimir] Putin unleashed on the European continent,

Serhiy Ivanchov, the consulate general of Ukraine in New York, told the crowd

I’m very proud of my country that we have withstood for three years,

said Wilson, who moved to New York 10 years ago

We have gathered to remember a very solemn day that many of us will never be able to wrench from our hearts, hearts that many of us will never be able to put together,

Andrij Dobriansky, director of communications and media for the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America said

The evening of February 23 I was going about my usual chores when I glanced at the television,

said Taran, who moved to New York eight years ago

Mr President, I voted three times for you. I am a Republican, but Mr President, Putin is the dictator, not Zelenskyy. Russia started the war, not Ukraine,

he told the crowd

And so it began, ... the war that upended millions of lives in a matter of hours, Friday morning, and the war that we as Ukrainian Americans have been fighting in our own way ever since”.

he continued

Sergei Ryabkovrussian Deputy Foreign Minister

A ceasefire without a long-term settlement is the path to a swift resumption of fighting and a resumption of the conflict with even more serious consequences, including consequences for Russian-American relations,

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told RIA news agency on Monday

There can be no decision without Ukraine on how to end the war in Ukraine,

he said at a press conference in Ankara last week

You’ve been there for three years,

he told reporters

Oleksandra Matviichukcolleague

Then ordinary people stayed and began to do extraordinary things... And suddenly it became obvious that people fighting for their freedom and human dignity are stronger than all the might of the Russian war machine. People are much stronger than they think they are. And no matter what anyone says, we determine our own future,

Matviichuk said

This country was perceived as something that had been fought for by others. It had been won by people [we knew] from banknotes and plaques. It seemed that all my generation had to do was to dust off the monuments and pedestals. I was wrong,

the journalist said

I learned in a geography lesson at school that we are standing on the Ukrainian shield – a unique geological structure that brings crystalline rocks over 3 billion years old to the surface,

she said

I’m much sadder about not being able to go to the places of my childhood,

Mykola told Al Jazeera

The latter is way more horrible to me.”

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