Looks like the war sceptics were right after all, as Zelensky tries to put a brave face on stalemate and what he knows will probably follow. He doesn't seem entirely coherent either. And the bit in italics is interesting as well, seeing as the Ukrainians and their puppet masters, as well as the experts on here, told us the Russian army was demonstrably shite back when enthusiasm and delusion was at its height.
Ukraine in 'new phase of war', Zelenskiy says
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed the challenges of winter, the counteroffensive and war in the Middle East in a new interview.
“We have a new phase of war, and that is a fact,” Zelenskiy
told The Associated Press in an interview in Kharkiv yesterday, published this morning. “Winter as a whole is a new phase of war,” he said.
Asked about the counteroffensive, he said:
“Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied.
We are fighting with the second (best) army in the world, I am satisfied,” he said, referring to the Russian military.
But he also said: “We are losing people, I’m not satisfied. We didn’t get all the weapons we wanted, I can’t be satisfied, but I also can’t complain too much.”
Speaking about last summer’s counteroffensive, the Ukrainian leader said:
He also underscored the importance of boosting domestic arms production, and Kyiv’s push for cheap loans and licenses to manufacture weapons.
And he addressed the impact of the war between Israel and Hamas.
“We already can see the consequences of the international community shifting (attention) because of the tragedy in the Middle East,” he said. “Only the blind don’t recognise this.”
“We must not allow people to forget about the war here,” he said.
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