Zelenskyy again guarantees Ukraine's "spiritual independence"

Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: a video screenshot of the President's Telegram channel

Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his daily address to Ukrainians on April 4, 2023, said that he keeps the internal situation of the whole country under control, in particular regarding its spiritual independence.

"It is also guaranteed. No one will manage to break Ukraine – neither from the outside nor from the inside," the President states.

As reported, a week before Zelenskyy called Ukraine the territory of the greatest religious freedom in Europe.

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