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Volodymyr Zelensky has warned the invasion of Ukraine will only lead to the “de-Russification” of his country, in a defiant response to the Kremlin’s purported pretext for war.

The Ukrainian president said the indiscriminate killing and destruction of cities by Russian forces was doing “everything to make our people stop speaking Russian themselves”.

He said in the video address late on Saturday: “The Russian language will be associated only with you - with these explosions and murders, with your crimes.”

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