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Russian President Vladimir Putin is fulfilling his promises and orders to intensify air strikes on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has not been sparing in his criticism of the West. “He is angered by the vacillation of some of his allies and the aloofness of some of his compatriots. And he wants you to know it,” emphasized The Economist in an interview with President Zelensky. The president was also critical of the Ukrainians.
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The Russians have been attacking Ukraine for 678 days, and the Russian president is making good on his promise to intensify attacks on the country, which he ordered attacked on February 24, 2022. According to the British public broadcaster BBC Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said explosions were heard in the city on Tuesday morning and debris from the drone started a fire in the Desnianskyj district near the center. Alarms were also announced in other cities, including Kherson and Mykolaiv. Six civilians were killed in Russian attacks in various Ukrainian cities on New Year’s Day (Monday).
The Russians sent both suicide drones and missiles over Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense announced that it had shot down 35 Russian drones.
server emphasized Ukrainian Pravda that explosions could also be heard in Kharkiv. According to the server, one woman died and 40 others were injured. Apartment buildings, commercial buildings and other civil infrastructure were damaged. Including cars.
This comes after numerous attacks by both sides in recent days, with Russia announcing a Ukrainian attack on the Russian border town of Belgorod on Saturday that killed at least 25 people and wounded more than 100.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in an interview for the British weekly newspaper The Economist He noted that even these increased attacks would not bring Russia a victory, citing the scale of losses the Russians had suffered in recent weeks.
However, he did not shy away from criticizing the West. “He is angered by the vacillation of some of his allies and the aloofness of some of his compatriots. And he wants you to know it,” The Economist emphasized at the beginning of the New Year’s interview with President Zelensky, saying that Zelensky has lost his former ease with which he appeared in previous interviews for The Economist. According to the weekly newspaper, the main reason for this is the failure of the last Ukrainian counter-offensive.
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“We may not have had the success (in 2023) that the world wanted. It may not happen as quickly as anyone imagined,” he says, “but the idea that Mr. Putin is winning is nothing more than a ‘feeling.'” The reality, he says, is that Russian forces are in places would still be slaughtered like Avdijivka. Zelensky emphasized that despite all their efforts in 2023, the Russians had not managed to take a major city.
Citing estimates from British reporters, The Economist wrote that Russia will have over half a million dead and wounded soldiers by early 2025.
Zelensky made it clear in the interview that he senses the West’s move away from following events in Ukraine towards domestic political problems and emphasized that Europe protects itself from Russia primarily by supporting Ukraine. According to The Economist, Zelensky faces a difficult year in which Russia will increase its military activities and he will have to convince his allies that it still makes sense to continue supporting Ukraine. “If Russia is allowed to steal Ukrainian children, it will also target other children,” Zelensky warned. “You save your children, not ours,” he told the West in a dark interview.
“Putin feels weakness like an animal, because he is an animal. He can feel the blood, he can feel its power. And he will eat you with your entire EU, NATO, freedom and democracy for dinner,” he continued his verbal tirade against the West.
However, the Ukrainian president also added in the same breath that how they would approach the war would depend on the Ukrainians themselves. The possibility of lowering the draft age, currently set at 27, is not popular, but according to their president, Ukrainians should be aware that nothing less than their country, their freedom and the protection of the lives of their loved ones is doing this do at stake here.
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