Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv and a legendary boxer, also said he will stand and fight for his city.
Surrounded by his advisers and wearing combat fatigues, Zelenskyy addressed the country Friday while standing outside his office on the streets of central Kyiv.
"The night will be more difficult than the day," he said, as the sound of shelling and loud booms from airstrikes could be heard over Kyiv.More News Videos "Words are followed by missiles and tanks. Destruction and death come upon us. ... We will defend ourselves with all our might and fight for freedom and democracy," Wladimir wrote on Linkedin Thursday.
"There is lots of stress and it is not really helping the morale of the people, being under the airstrikes all the time," she said.Lines of vehicles miles long are clogging border crossings out of Ukraine on Saturday as residents rushed to escape danger from invading Russian troops that were advancing toward the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
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