On the fourth anniversary of Russian invasion into Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday urged the European Union to give a “clear date" for his country’s accession to the bloc.
“It is important for us to receive a clear date for joining the EU," Zelenskyy said in a video address to the European Parliament, adding: “If there is no such guarantee, (Russian President Vladimir Putin) will find a way to block Ukraine for decades by dividing you, by dividing Europe."
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Marking the fourth anniversary of the war, the President posted a video message to the nation shot inside the bunker complex.
“This office –- this small room in the bunker on Bankova Street –- this is where I held my first conversations with world leaders at the start of the war," Zelenskyy said in the address.
Today marks exactly four years since Putin started his three-day push to take Kyiv. And that says a great deal about our resistance, about how Ukraine has fought all this time. Behind those words stand millions of our people, immense courage, incredibly hard work, endurance, and…pic.twitter.com/9qiqACurhx— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa)February 24, 2026
Sitting on a black leather chair in a cramped, white-walled room, he said: “Here I spoke with President (Joe) Biden, and it was right here that I heard: “Volodymyr, there is a threat. You need to leave Ukraine urgently. We are ready to help with that". “And here I replied that I need ammunition, not a ride."
According to AFP, while the presidential headquarters is in Bankova Street, the bunker appears to be a vast Soviet-era bomb shelter designed to support a rump government in the event of a massive attack on the Ukrainian capital.
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Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “The goals haven’t been fully achieved yet, which is why the military operation continues."
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