Ukraine President Zelenskyy vows to fight Russia on 'forests, fields and shores'

Addressing Britain's parliament on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said, "We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Britain on Tuesday to do more to help his country battle Russia and punish what he called a "terrorist state", striking a defiant tone that Ukraine would fight on, no matter what the cost.

Addressing Britain's parliament and greeted by a standing ovation in a packed chamber of lawmakers, Zelenskyy documented the Russian invasion day by day, listing the weapons used, the civilians killed and the lack of food and water for many.

Dressed in an olive green T-shirt, he thanked Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who has sought to take a leading role in backing Ukraine against Russia, for the help already offered, but said Britain and other Western countries had to go further.

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He called for more international sanctions on top of those already imposed on Moscow, a no-fly zone in Ukraine and for the West to recognise Russia as a "terrorist state".

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"The question for us now is to be or not to be...I can give you a definitive answer: it's definitely to be," Zelenskyy told the lawmakers via videolink through a translator, quoting from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.