Ukrainians are proud of their ancestors who defeated Nazism and will not allow anyone to annex that victory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address Monday morning.

"We are proud of our ancestors who, together with other nations in the anti-Hitler coalition, defeated Nazism. And we will not allow anyone to annex this victory, we will not allow it to be appropriated," he said.

"Our enemy dreamed that we would refuse to celebrate May 9 and the victory over Nazism. So that the word ‘denazification’ gets a chance. Millions of Ukrainians fought Nazism and went through a difficult and long journey. The Nazis were expelled from Luhansk, the Nazis were expelled from Donetsk, and Kherson, Melitopol and Berdyansk were liberated from the occupiers. The Nazis were expelled from Yalta, Simferopol, Kerch and the entire Crimea. Mariupol was liberated from the Nazis. They expelled the Nazis from all over Ukraine, but the cities I named are especially inspiring us today. They give us faith that we will drive the occupiers out of our own land for sure," he also said.

According to the president, "this is not a war of two armies. This is a war of two worldviews. We are free people who go our own way. We will not give a single piece of our land to anyone. Today we celebrate the victory over Nazism and we will not give up a piece of our history to anyone."