Ukraine's Zelenskiy calls on citizens to fight, promises weapons

KYIV: Ukrainian President

Volodymyr Zelenskiy

on Thursday called on all citizens who were ready to defend the country from Russian forces to come forward, saying

Kyiv

would issue weapons to everyone who wants them.

Russia

launched an all-out invasion of

Ukraine

by land, air and sea on Thursday, the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since

World War Two

and confirmation of the worst fears of the

West

.

Zelenskiy urged Russians to come out and protest against the war.