"We will fight until the end," President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared in an emotional speech to mark 31 years of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday.

President Zelensky vowed in his Independence Day address that his country would not be making "any concession or compromise" to Moscow.

"We don't care what army you have, we only care about our land. We will fight for it until the end," Zelensky said in the video address, which also marks six months since the invasion began.

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