Ukraine, August 2022: Crimea as prison camp. Kherson offensive. First Ukrainian vessels with grain through Bosphorus. Russia as sponsor of terrorism. Russian blackmail in and around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Himars effective. 43 thousand dead Russian soldiers. Thousands of Ukrainian children were deported to Russia.
This is volume IV of the complete and unabridged English edition of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speeches to the Ukrainian and Russian people, to foreign governments, parliaments, and to international organizations since the eve of the war. Other volumes of this series include:
- War Speeches I, February-March 2022
- War Speeches II, April 2022
- War Speeches III, May 2022
- War Speeches IV, June 2022
- War Speeches V, July 2022
- War Speeches VI, August 202
As well as our editions of the speeches in Ukrainian and Russian language, and our translations into German, Polish and Dutch.
"Zelenskyy speech sparks soul-searching in Germany,” Laurenz Gehrke, Politico.
About Vladimir Putin: "This is the dictator who was courted in Germany. And for Schröder, Steinmeier, Merkel was the one not to be provoked. The madman who wants a war so much that he is no longer even willing to answer the phone when the Ukrainian president calls,” Paul Ronzheimer, Bild.
"How Zelenskyy’s team of TV writers helps his victory message hit home,” Luke Harding, The Guardian.