(25 Apr 2025)
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Kyiv, Ukraine – 25 April 2025
1. Various of flowers and toys at scene of Kyiv attack
2. Various of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at scene
3. Pan of Zelenskyy laying flowers at scene
4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President:
"Our position is unchanging. Only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territories are Ukrainian, and the Constitution of Ukraine says that all temporarily occupied territories are temporarily occupied. They all belong to Ukraine, to the Ukrainian people. Ukraine will not legally recognise any temporarily occupied territories. It seems to me that this is an absolutely fair position, it is legal not only from the point of view of the Constitution of Ukraine, first of all, but also from the point of view of international law. And the whole world, or most of the world, supports us in this. Even those countries that are constantly balancing between us and Russia – even they all recognise the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, including Crimea."
5. Various of international representatives standing with flowers
6. Wide of international representatives laying flowers at scene
7. Flowers on ground
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President:
"We are working on the infrastructure to guarantee security, even where European troops are – we are talking about the backup of the United States of America. Of course, I have already said this, that first of all, I spoke with President Trump and said that for us, the backstop is not necessarily ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine. I know how the United States of America does not look at this very positively, so we are talking about intelligence work, we are talking about cyber defence. We are talking, first of all, about Patriot air defence systems. And this is very important to us, and we all feel how important it is. It is vital."
9. Wide of news conference
10. Close of flowers
11. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President:
"I agree with him (President Trump), Ukraine does not have enough weapons, only weapons, because our people are the most important thing. But to say that we do not have an army, that is not true. I think so. So I agree with President Trump that Ukraine does not have enough weapons, to regain control of the Crimean peninsula with weapons. But we and the world have sanctions options. And the possibilities of other economic pressure, diplomatic pressure to talk about, to discuss territorial issues, but only after a complete, unconditional ceasefire. This is our vision."
12. Various of flowers on ground
13. Wide of destroyed building
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday visited the site of the deadly Russian attack in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv that killed at least 12 people.
The Ukrainian leader greeted international representatives and laid flowers near the wall of a destroyed building.
During a news conference with reporters at the scene of Thursday’s strike, Zelenskyy reiterated Ukraine’s position on the Crimean Peninsula.
"Ukraine will not legally recognize any temporarily occupied territories. It seems to me that this is an absolutely fair position, it is legal not only from the point of view of the Constitution of Ukraine, first of all, but also from the point of view of international law."
"I agree with President Trump that Ukraine does not have enough weapons to regain control of the Crimean peninsula with weapons. But we and the world have sanctions options," he added.
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