War Speeches IV June 2022

Book excerpt: Ukraine, June 2022: Heavy fighting in the Donbas region, candidate status European Union, rockets on Kyiv, Ukraine needs modern air defence, the Kremenchuk shopping mall Russian missile attack, Russian anti - ship missiles ‘Onyx’; directed at civilian buildings, the liberation of Zmiinyi Island and the first HiMARS in action. This is volume IV of the complete and unabridged English edition of Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speeches to the Ukrainian and Russian people, to foreign governments, parliaments, and to international organizations since the eve of the war. As well as our editions of the speeches in Ukrainian and Russian language, and our translations into German, Polish and Dutch. "Zelenskyy speech sparks soul-searching in Germany,” Laurenz Gehrke, Politico. About Vladimir Putin: "This is the dictator who was courted in Germany. And for Schröder, Steinmeier, Merkel was the one not to be provoked. The madman who wants a war so much that he is no longer even willing to answer the phone when the Ukrainian president calls,” Paul Ronzheimer, Bild. "How Zelenskyy’s team of TV writers helps his victory message hit home,” Luke Harding, The Guardian.