Unity within country, with EU, NATO to ensure Ukraine's future – Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during a conversation with cadets and teachers of military universities in Odesa, said the future of Ukraine will ensure unity within the country, as well as with the European Union and NATO, the presidential press service said.
Zelenskyy said it was the united Ukraine that did not allow itself to be occupied and is now winning the war against the aggressor.
"I believe, Ukraine's strength and its weakness lies in this. Weakness because it was divided. Weakness because it was possible to occupy our Crimea and Donbas at the beginning of the war. Both the authorities and the people were weak because they thought it was somewhere far in the east or in Crimea and didn't concern us. No, we are all one country, and that is the strength today. The world is so proud of Ukrainians and Ukraine because we are all united. I believe that Ukraine's future is in this strength, in this unity," he said.
According to the president, this unity also presupposes the unity of Ukraine with the European Union and the countries of the North Atlantic Alliance.
"It's also a big family and an honorable, worthy place for Ukraine. Our state cannot be alone – it's difficult... We are Europeans, and we have proven it. In the EU and in NATO... NATO was a bit more complicated, but I am confident that after the war, after victory, everything will be different. The future lies in this strength. The future of an independent country," the head of state said.