Ukraine president visits soldiers on southern front line

In his trademark khaki t-shirt, the president handed out medals and posed for selfies with the servicemen in what appeared to be an underground shelter, according to a video posted to his official Telegram account.
“Our brave men. Each one of them is working flat out,” he said. “We will definitely hold out! We will definitely win!”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses for a group picture with medical workers during a visit to a local hospital in the southern city of Mykolaiv. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/REUTERS)
Russian forces reached the outskirts of the regional capital Mykolaiv in early March but were then driven back to the eastern and southern edges of the region, where fighting is ongoing.Best of Express PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
Zelenskyy’s office said the president also visited the city and inspected the destroyed regional adminration building, where 37 people were killed in late March when a missile blasted through the building.
He also visited a hospital in Mykolaiv and awarded honours for bravery to Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych and Governor Vitaliy Kim for their work during the four months of Russia’s invasion, his office said in a separate statement.