Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during Defenders of Ukraine Day commemoration in Kyiv, Ukraine October 1, 2023.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a speech released on Sunday that nothing would weaken his country's fight against Russia, a day after the U.S. Congress passed a stopgap funding bill that omitted aid to Ukraine.
Zelenskiy, in a recorded speech marking the Defenders Day holiday, did not address the vote in Congress directly, but reiterated his determination to fight to victory.
"As we draw closer to it every day, we say, 'We will fight for as long as it takes.'"
"Support for Ukraine remains unwaveringly strong in the U.S. administration, in both parties and chambers of the U.S. Congress, and most importantly, among the American people," he wrote.
Persons:
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Rustem Umerov, Lloyd Austin, Austin, Joe Biden, Oleg Nikolenko, Elaine Monaghan, Pavlo Polityuk, Maria Starkova, Emelia Sithole
Organizations:
Defenders, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Russia, U.S, Congress, Ukraine . Defense, U.S . Defense, Republicans, Foreign, Facebook, U.S . Congress, Thomson
Locations:
Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrainian, U.S, Washington, Lviv