Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Russia-Ukraine war during virtually addressing in Kyiv, Ukraine on March 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) KHARKIV, Ukraine - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Ukrainians to keep up their resistance to Russia’s invading forces, saying "every minute determines our fate, our future, whether we will live."During a nightly video address, Zelenskyy said late Thursday that, "With every day of our defense, we are getting closer to the peace that we need so much.
We are getting closer to victory."RELATED: 300 dead in Russian airstrike on theater in Mariupol, officials sayAs Russian troops continue their bombardment, Ukrainians have kept up stiff resistance.
Ukraine has accused Moscow of forcibly taking hundreds of thousands of civilians to Russia so they could be used as "hostages" to pressure a surrender.
But Russia said they've been going of their own free will.Here are some key things to know about the Russia-Ukraine conflict:Kyiv and Moscow gave conflicting accounts about whether people were being moved to Russia willingly or whether they were being coerced or manipulated.Ukraine officials say Russian troops are confiscating passports from Ukrainian citizens then moving them to "filtration camps" in Ukraine’s separatist-controlled east before sending them to various distant, economically depressed areas in Russia.