President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the citizens of the Russian Federation must make a choice between life and slavery.

"We are fighting for our today. We are fighting for where the line between life and slavery will be. And this is not only our choice. The citizens of Russia are making exactly the same choice right now, in these days, at this time, between life and slavery. Today, tomorrow and in the coming week. This is the time when evil can still be defeated without irreparable losses, when a position is threatened with dismissal or a prison truck, not the Gulag [the system of Soviet labor camps and prisons]. Material losses, not execution," Zelensky said in a video message on Sunday morning.

"Do not miss this opportunity. Social networks, friends, acquaintances and strangers, colleagues and relatives. You must be heard! We, Ukrainians, we want peace! Citizens of Russia! For you, this is a struggle not only for peace in Ukraine! This is a struggle for your country, for the best that was in it, for the freedom that you saw, for the abundance that you felt. If you keep silent now, then only your poverty will speak for you later. And only repression will answer it. Do not be silent!" he said.