In a broadcast address televised Tuesday morning, Volodymyr Zeleskyy, President of Ukraine said that Russia won’t provoke him. However, he added that the government would not respond to any provocations from Russia.

We are committed to using diplomatic methods of solving the issue. After Zelenskyy’s broadcast, Zelenskyy declared that they are not responding to provocations. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered forces into eastern Ukraine.

We have the right to choose. “We are here on our land. According to a transcript from NBC News, he stated that he was not afraid of any and all.

Russian President Vladimir PutinOn Monday night, he announced that he would recognize the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Putin issued a decree calling for forces to enter Donetsk and Luhansk — it remains unclear what that mission entails.

World leaders condemned the move.

The executive order was signed by Joe Biden, the U.S. president, prohibiting U.S. citizens from investing, trading, and financing in areas such as Donetsk People’s Republic or Luhansk People’s Republic. European leaders called Putin’s announcement a “blatant violation of international law.”

Zelenskyy stated that “we don’t owe anyone anything, and will not give any to anybody.”

Moscow’s act was called “a violation Ukraine’s sovereignty & territorial integrity”, and the Ukrainian president urged his allies to support him.

He stated that “We must see who our friends are and who is our partner, and who continues frightening the Russia Federation with only words.” We are committed to using diplomatic methods to solve this problem.

Zelenskyy claimed that Ukraine isn’t the same place it was 8 years ago. Russia illegally annexed CrimeaUkraine, which triggered conflict in Donetsk-Luhansk areas. This conflict continues today.

It’s not February 2014. “It’s February 2022,” he stated.

It’s an entirely different country. You have a completely different army. [but]Peace is the same aim.”

According to NBC News, in addition to Ukraine’s standing military that’s more than 200,000-strong, the country can also mobilize some 300,000 soldiers — and 130,000 of them would form new territorial defense battalions.

According to NBC’s December survey, more than half of Ukrainians are willing to fight if Russia invades.

— CNBC’s Amanda Macias contributed to this report.