in sight. the devastation over the past year and a half has been hard. the u.n. is reporting more than 9,000 civilians have been killed in ukraine since the war began. another 15,000 have been in injured. there are nearly 6 million people internally displaced in the country and almost 8 million refugees have been recorded in neighboring nations and across europe. 17.6 million people have are in need of humanitarian assistance. volodymyr zelenskyy marked the milestone by visiting a site that s become symbolic. translator: today we are here on the snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, nor ukraine because we are the nation of the free. today we have honored our heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this identity land and who liberated it. even though it s a small piece of land, it s proof that ukraine will regain every part of its territory from here from this
calling it a sliver of land in a wide sea but proof he says that ukraine will win the war. today we are in snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier. like the whole of ukraine. because we are a country of the brave. today we honour here our ukrainian heroes. hold the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it. under though this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black theatre is a great proof that ukraine will we gain every bit of its territory. i wanted to thanks, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. the visit comes as president zelensky thanked the us after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world.
since russia s invasion of ukraine and president volodymyr zelensky has visited snake island, where ukrainian soldiers famously defied a russian war ship at the beginning of the war, calling it a sliver of land in a wide sea, but proof he says that ukraine will win the war. here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today, we are on snake island, on our snake island, which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it. and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. here in the uk.
here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today we are on snake island, on our snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. the visit comes as president zelensky thanked the us after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells which drop multiple explosives
will win the war. here s some of the video that he released. translation: dear ukrainians, i wish you good health. - today we are on snake island, on our snake island which will never be conquered by the occupier, like the whole of ukraine because we are a country of the brave. today, we honour here our brave ukrainian heroes, all the soldiers who fought for this island, who liberated it and although this is a small piece of land in the middle of our black sea, it is a great proof that ukraine will regain every bit of its territory. i want to thank, from here, from this place of victory, each of our soldiers for these 500 days. the visit comes as president zelensky thanked the us after washington agreed to supply cluster bombs to ukraine. it s a weapon that has been banned by more than 100 countries around the world. despite this, ukraine has been pressing for the artillery shells