• Zelenskyy surprised injured soldiers at a hospital in the Donetsk region.
• Thanking them for defending Ukraine.
• And wishing them a speedy recovery.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, surprised injured soldiers at a hospital in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk not far from the front lines.

According to a statement from the Presidency, some of the Bakhmut defenders were among the wounded Ukrainian army members.

“Thank you for defending Ukraine, I wish you a speedy recovery,” Zelenskyy said as he presented awards to members of the military.

According to video released by the President’s office, Zelenskyy said from a warehouse at an undisclosed location that he was “honored to be here today, in the east of our country, in Donbas, and to award our heroes, to thank you, to shake hands. Thank you for protecting the state, sovereignty, the east of Ukraine.”

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