International Desk / Thelegalvoice24 :
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been speaking in a video address, saying his country’s forces have stopped a Russian plan to capture him overnight and install their own leader.
He also urged Russians to pressure President Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion.
“We’ve derailed their plan,” Mr Zelensky said.
Ukrainian forces were in control of Kyiv and the main cities around it, he said.
His country had earned the right to be a member of the European Union, he added.
Ukraine is not currently a member of the EU, but has enshrined in its constitution its aspirations to join the European bloc.
I talked to a lonely passer-by with a cane who was limping in the direction of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a 1000-year-old Orthodox monastery and until recently a popular tourist attraction.
His name is Ivan and said he lived right next to the Ministry of Defence.
I haven’t had any reports of fighting there yet, but we both understood what it means for him and his family.
Ivan has an elderly cousin staying at home who used to be a Soviet soldier in Afghanistan in the 1980s and who had returned back home with both legs amputated.
He was heading to Kyiv Pechersk Lavra to get some food for them both, happy that the monastery was still offering food for people in need.
I’m struck that when you talk to strangers now the conversation flows as if between two people who’ve met many times before. There is no awkwardness, no suspicion towards each other, no excessive politeness.
