In his traditional evening address, the President of Ukraine thanked the US senators who unanimously approved a resolution calling on the US State Department to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism..

“You can take any day in Ukraine - today or any other after February 24, to see that no one in the world invests in terrorism more than Russia. This really needs a legal response on a global level.. And there is no rational reason for there not to be such a reaction, in particular, in the United States,” Zelensky stressed..

The President recalled that there were four air alerts in the capital in just a day. The Russian army struck at the Kiev region, Kropyvnytskyi, hit at Nikolaev, continued a series of insane and brutal assaults in the Donbass.

“I thank everyone who reflects this terror,” the President stressed..

He also said that on the Day of Ukrainian Statehood, he had the honor to thank one of our greatest friends, the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nauseda, for his support and extremely significant steps that strengthened our defense. As you know, on Statehood Day, the Lithuanian leader spoke in the Ukrainian parliament. Nauseda promised that Lithuania would continue to support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression.

Among other important international contacts, the President named a telephone conversation with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.

As reported, a group of US congressmen in the House of Representatives will soon submit to the US Congress an initiative to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism..

In May, the Lithuanian Seimas recognized Russia as a terrorist state committing genocide against the Ukrainian people..