On the recordFebruary 22, 2022
Listen, your leadership has approved for nearly 200,000 forces to take a step across this border into the territory of another country.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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transcripts.cnn.comEditor's note · Context
Zelensky addresses the Russian people about the military buildup near Ukraine's border.
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