 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he had visited Marines on the Eastern Frontline to thank them for their role in resisting Russia's invasion. Video footage posted on social media showed Zelensky, dressed in a military khaki sweatshirt and khaki trousers, handing out awards to dozens of male and female Marines in combat gear on the national day of the Ukrainian Marines. My most important wish, for all of you is victory. We understand that the victory will not be a sweet one because of the bitter path towards it, Zelensky said. Ukraine's military said in a daily update that its forces had repelled numerous enemy attacks on the city of Morynka, which lies in the eastern region of Donetsk fighting has been fierce in Donetsk, one of four regions that Russia proclaimed as its own last September after what Ukraine and its allies denounced as a sham referendum following Moscow's full-scale invasion.