Ukraine defending the ‘European way of life’, Zelenskyy tells MEPs

‘European lifestyle is Ukraine’s means house,’ Zelenskyy tells MEPs

“Slava Ukraini!” President Zelenskyy declared as quickly as he took the ground within the European Parliament, prompting one other standing ovation from MEPs.

The Ukrainian chief then thanked the Parliament for its constant help all through the battle.

“Europe is fortunate that on this plenary, within the greatest parliament in Europe, within the European Parliament, a principled and energised method enjoys an absolute majority,” he stated, talking in Ukrainian via a translator.

Zelenskyy then listed the values generally attributed to the “European lifestyle,” akin to pluralism, range of opinion, equality, the precise to freely protest and territorial borders which can be “not violated”.

Put collectively, these make individuals have “belief and religion in tomorrow,” he stated.

“That is our Europe, these are our guidelines, that is our lifestyle,” he stated. “And for Ukraine, it is a means house.”

“I am right here to defend our individuals’s means house,” he added.

Russia, he went, is attempting to “annihilate the European lifestyle via battle.”