Addressing the Britain's Parliament, clad in his now-famous military fatigue T-shirt, Zelenskyy echoed Winston Churchill's famous words of no surrender to the same chamber at the dawn of World War II as Britain faced a looming onslaught from Nazi Germany
Volunteers are armed at a base where Ukrainian men and women received rapid military training, from intelligence to weapons, in Kyiv on Feb. 28, 2022. If there is one overriding emotion gripping Ukraine right now, it is hate; much of the bitterness is directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Ukrainians also chastise ordinary Russians, calling them complicit. (Lynsey Addario/The New York Times)
LONDON — With Ukraine’s outgunned army holding firm despite Russian bombardments that have displaced millions of civilians, the war in Ukraine has become a grim spectacle of resistance, no one more defiant than the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who vowed Tuesday never to give in to Russia’s tanks, troops or artillery shells.
In a dramatic video address to Britain’s Parliament, clad in his now-famous military fatigue T-shirt, Zelenskyy echoed Winston Churchill’s famous words of no surrender to the same chamber at the dawn of World War II as Britain faced a looming onslaught from Nazi Germany.
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