Zelensky says Ukraine focused on rebuilding and recovery

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© APA | Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky

# 01 May 2022 02:21 (UTC +04:00)

Ukraine's president struck a theme of resilience in his nightly address to the nation Saturday, saying the country is at work to rebuild and get back to normal in areas no longer held by Russian forces, APA reports citing CNN..

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 69% of de-occupied settlements in Ukraine now have “full-fledged local self-government” again.

“We are doing everything to return normal life to the de-occupied part of our Ukraine,” Zelensky said in his Saturday night address, adding the work of humanitarian offices has already begun in 93% of liberated settlements.

“We are actively demining the liberated territory. Every day several dozen settlements are added to the list of those where demining has been completed,” he said.

Zelensky also said officials are “doing everything” to restore roads and access to medical, educational and financial services.

The Odesa airport runway destroyed in Saturday’s missile strikes will also be rebuilt, according to the president.

"Today the occupiers again fired missiles at the Dnipropetrovsk region and Odesa," Zelensky said. "Again and again, Russian troops prove that the people of Odesa are the same enemies for Russia as all other Ukrainians. The runway of the Odesa airport was destroyed. We will, of course, rebuild it. But Odesa will never forget such a Russian attitude towards it."

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