Quotes and Sayings about Kiev

If Putin goes ahead with his plan for a change of regime in Kyiv, then democracies around the world must now start thinking about a change of regime in Moscow.

I want to become Kiev's mayor because I love my city very much and want to improve life in it.

The Ukrainian people are defending the values of freedom and democracy on which our civilization is based, and the very foundations of international law.

The special military operation was done for the purpose of "denazification," while we've made Ukraine into a nation that's known throughout the world. They're like the Greeks or the Romans at their peaks. And as far as "demilitarization," if they had some 500 tanks at the start of the special military operation, now they have 5,000. If they had 20,000 capable fighters before, now they have 400,000. What kind of demilitarization is that? Now it looks more like we did the opposite, somehow or other, and militarized Ukraine.

We all know that Ukrainians are ready to die for the European perspective. We want them to live with us for the European dream.

Russia's Vladimir Putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. But he badly miscalculated. He thought he could roll into Ukraine, and the world would roll over. Instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. He met the Ukrainian people.

Every Ukranian supports our decision to become part of the European family. Putin does not agree with that. We don't want to live in the Russian empire!

We have tasted freedom and we will not give it up.

You are told that this flame will liberate the people of Ukraine, but the Ukrainian people are free.

Let's move on to Ukraine. A nation that, like the human appendix and your grandma Mimi, you only really hear about if something's gone horribly wrong.

The international borders of Ukraine do not change despite any Russian statements. We will not just give anything away.

All my life I tried to do all I could so that Ukrainians laughed. That was my mission. Now I will do all I can so that Ukrainians at least do not cry any more.

We are all Ukrainians: there are no bigger or lesser, or correct or incorrect Ukrainians. From Uzhgorod to Luhansk, from Chernigiv to Simferopol, in Lviv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipro and Odesa - we are Ukrainians. And we have to be one. After all, only then we are strong.

Each of us is the President. Not just the 73 percent who voted for me, but all 100 percent of Ukrainians. This is not just mine, this is our common victory.

Our European country begins with each one of us. We have chosen a path to Europe.

We're ready to show Ukraine what real de-communisation means for it.

Modern Ukraine was wholly and fully created by Russia. Namely Bolshevik, Communist Russia.

Why would I hate Russians? My mother is Russian, half of my blood is Russian. This is not a question of nationality, it's a question of values.

"Where do you think your strength comes from?"
"The thing is, that my brother and I are from Ukraine, and just when Chernobyl exploded, we were not far away. I think it's atomic energy."

My brother is always there. Two boxers are standing against the opponent in the ring at once. He is always next to me, I am next to him.

Any state must have friendly relations with its neighbors.

The strongest feeling that a person ever has is love.

There is a major rival in every person's life. And this is himself.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present.

The dog that trots about finds a bone.

That went surprisingly well. You came off like a naive idiot - and naive idiots are not a threat.

The accident is well under control.

You're not dreaming. The Butcher of Moscow gives humanitarian advice. He's got Ukrainian blood all over his hands, feet and head, and he dares to talk about protecting civilians.

I hope that the visit of Germany's president has only been postponed. I believe, Ukraine will have to keep building bridges towards Germany.

Stop the war! Admit that this is a war against an entire nation and stop it!

Before this war, I was opposed to membership of Ukraine in NATO because I feared that it would start exactly the process that we have seen now. Now that this process has reached this level, the idea of a neutral Ukraine under these conditions is no longer meaningful. I believe Ukrainian membership in NATO would be an appropriate outcome.

There lived a certain man in Russia long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people looked at him with terror and with fear
But to Moscow chicks he was such a lovely dear

The most beautiful thing in Tokyo is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Stockholm is McDonald's. The most beautiful thing in Florence is McDonald's. Peking and Moscow don't have anything beautiful yet.

Harvey Dent: "When their enemies were at the gates, the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city. It wasn't considered an honor, it was considered a public service."
Rachel Dawes: "Harvey, the last man who they appointed the Republic was named Caesar and he never gave up his power."
Harvey Dent: "Okay, fine. you either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain..."

They say money can't buy happiness. But it can book your flight to Vienna - which is kinda the same.

Every time I describe a city, I'm saying something about Venice. The images from memory, once fixed in words, are erased. Maybe I'm afraid of losing Venice at once, if I'm talking about it. speaking in other cities, I have already lost it, little by little.

So you're single? In Paris? Now I'm even more jealous. I mean, your life is croissants and sex.

No wonder the city never sleeps, it's too busy trying to get laid.

We stole the Statue of Liberty! The small one, from Las Vegas. I won't even mention the Eiffel Tower - also Vegas.

My experience in Amsterdam is that cyclists ride where the hell they like and aim in a state of rage at all pedestrians while ringing their bell loudly, the concept of avoiding people being foreign to them.