President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation, speaking about Russia's violation of UN goals, principles, and Charter, as well as further liberation of our territory.

"Ukrainians! Ukrainian women!

All our defenders, all our female defenders!

Another week of our war for independence is coming to an end.

A week that the enemy very much wanted to make particularly difficult for us, but in fact made it difficult only for itself. For Russia itself.

Today, even more voices around the world have joined in condemning Russia's fake referendums and attempts to annex our territory—the territory of Ukraine.

I am grateful for every such voice.

In summary, we already have dozens of statements clearly supporting Ukraine and international law while condemning Russia for this latest aggressive step.

I would like to particularly highlight the statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

He directly said that Russia is violating the goals, principles, and Charter of the United Nations, that fake referendums and annexation attempts have no legal validity whatsoever.

When such words are heard at the highest level in the UN, everyone around the world understands them.

And Russia has no veto right that can stop or nullify this understanding of the world.

Russia is losing its battle for international community. The world will not allow a return to colonial conquests, criminal annexations, and total lawlessness instead of international law.

And most importantly... Most importantly—it's our resistance with you, our defense with you, our movement towards the liberation of all Ukrainian territory.

It is this movement that sets everything in its place.

Russia staged a farce on Donbas. An absolute farce, which it wanted to present as a referendum.

They did something there, paraded armed men through houses, handed out papers, propagandists filmed all of this in the part of Donbas they controlled.

But now there is the Ukrainian flag.

Over the past week, more Ukrainian flags have appeared on Donbas. In another week, there will be even more.

So what about this fake referendum? Are these two Donetsk regions? Two villages of Yampil in Donetsk region? Or two villages of Toretsk?

The Ukrainian movement will continue.

The Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman, Donetsk region. Fighting still continues there. But the traces of any fake referendum are gone.

For Ukraine, this makes sense. For the enemy, such 'pinpricks' will only increase.

They have already started biting each other over there: looking for culprits, accusing generals of failures...

This is a warning bell that needs to be heard at all levels of Russian leadership.

Until you solve the problem with the one who started this, who began this futile war against Ukraine for Russia, you will continue to be picked off one by one, making scapegoats so as not to admit that this war is a historic mistake for Russia.

Ukraine will return its own. Both in the east and south. And what they tried to annex now, and Crimea, which was called annexed since 2014.

Our flag will be everywhere.

There will also be justice for those who committed this act of aggression against our independent state.

76 years ago today, the Nuremberg Tribunal concluded its work.

Much of what laid the foundations for the modern world—the legal basis for justice—was established by that process. What Russian nationalism is trying to destroy.

Therefore, inevitably there will be another tribunal that will put an end to the careers of all those responsible for this Russian 'special operation' against the international order that began in 2014, became full-scale on February 24th, and will end thanks to the heroism of our people.

We do not know yet when it will happen. But we know that a day of our victory will come. It is inevitable. And after it comes the day of judgment for the Russians. It is inevitable.

I thank everyone who brings this closer every day.

Thank you to everyone fighting and working for our victory! Thank you to all those helping!

Thank you, President Biden and the US Congress, for additional support of over 12 billion dollars. This will definitely strengthen our shared freedom.

Glory to the unbreakable people of Ukraine!

Glory to our warriors!

Glory to Ukraine!"