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Russia-Ukraine war updates: Jill Biden, Trudeau visit Ukraine; dozens feared dead in school attack
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In an address posted to Telegram on May 8 — a day when Ukraine remembers the millions who lost their lives during World War II and those who fought for freedom — President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “evil has returned” this year in Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion after decades of peace.
Standing between two blackened apartment buildings and wearing a T-shirt with the words “I’m Ukrainian” emblazoned on the front, the president said Sunday’s Day of Remembrance and Reconciliation was different, because for the first time since World War II, “monsters” have waged another deadly conflict.
The enemy, he said, wears a “different uniform” this time, but holds the same destructive purpose.
“This year, we say ‘Never again’ differently. We hear ‘Never again’ differently,” Zelensky said. He added that the slogan, a rejection of any return to Nazism, now sounds “cruel” to Ukrainians under constant bombardment from Russia. “On February 24, the word ‘never’ was erased,” Zelensky said.
The United States, Britain and other European countries mark May 8 as Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, commemorating the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.
On Monday, Russia will celebrate Victory Day, its patriotic commemoration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Last week, Ukrainian officials said residents in the southern city of Mariupol were being forced to clear debris ahead of planned Russian festivities there.