On Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a resolute message, vowing that his country "will not lose" its fight against Moscow amid ongoing battlefield shifts and renewed international diplomacy.

Ukraine rejected the idea of security guarantees from Russia. He stressed that guarantees should come from countries trusted by the Ukrainian people, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin cannot not sign a peace deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky because Moscow views him as “illegitimate,” Moscow’s top diplomat said Sunday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the declaration in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,