Former world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko recorded a video message to the Russians in which he explained why the Russian invaders will never be able to defeat the strong-willed Ukrainian people who bravely defend their lands.

" With imperial ambitions, the invasion of Ukraine and the barbarism of your so-called army, you have sowed hatred for centuries.

And the words that the government is supposedly one thing, and Russian citizens are another - this is complete nonsense and nonsense. It is you who, believing in vile propaganda and not accepting information even from your relatives and friends here in Ukraine, were silent all 8 years when your country occupied Crimea and part of Donbass.

It was you who looked down on the Ukrainians and believed that there was no such nation. It was you who told each other myths about some Nazis and other nonsense. These are your soldiers, men, children have come to Ukraine now - and you all know this. You call them on the phone and ask how they are on the mission..

Remember that we do not need to be released, we are on our own land, and we built our country, and we will build it. Ukraine is a free state that has chosen a democratic European path of development. We will fight for our choice. Today, more than ever, we are united and resolute in this. We didn't come to your land! It is you who kill our children, bomb and level our cities and houses with the ground..

Know you here are called orcs of all. There are no good or bad Russians now. While you are silent and believe in the propaganda of a crazy man, a dictator gone mad, the whole civilized world is on the side of the Ukrainians today and admires how we build our land.

Yes, it will be difficult for us, but we will not give up, because we are not afraid and your army has already understood this.. And putting an ultimatum to people dying for their land is futile. Remember, no matter how you try to destroy Ukraine and Ukrainians now, if you continue like this, your country will not survive either.. Whoever sows the wind will reap the whirlwind.

If you don’t want to be a country in complete isolation, don’t tremble with fear and indifference, be brave like Ukrainians. Save your country, but we will not give up ours and we will not surrender. I am proud that I am a Ukrainian, a representative of a strong, strong-willed and heroic nation. Glory to Ukraine," Earlier it was reported that Wladimir Klitschko recorded an emotional video to the world community after the bombing of the maternity hospital in Mariupol by the invaders.