Russian missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian cities are an admission that they have not been able to do anything significant on the ground, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video statement on Thursday morning.

"All lines of our defense have been preserved. The enemy is not successful in any of the strategic directions. They are depressed. They are doomed. Kyiv withstood that night and another missile and bomb attack. Our air defenses worked. Kherson, Izyum - all the other cities that they attacked from the air did not give them anything. Chernihiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv retain the defensive," Zelensky said.

"Odesa. They want to destroy Odesa. But they will see only the bottom of the Black Sea. The Russian target was the Assumption Cathedral in Kharkiv. One of the oldest Orthodox sights of the city. During the war, the cathedral was a shelter for Kharkiv residents. Holy place. Now it is battered by the war," the president said.

Zelensky said Ukraine "will restore every house, every street, every city." "And we say to Russia: learn the words 'reparations' and 'contributions.' You will repay everything you did against Ukraine. In full. And we will not forget the deceased. We are together with God," he said.