The president emphasized that if Ukraine loses, it will lose everything.
Ukraine is preparing for a short-term war and victory, because the Kremlin will never succeed in taking over the country.
This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi in an interview with Italian media, Corriere della Sera reports. “The Russians have not yet understood that we are now stronger than a year ago, and they will never succeed in seizing Ukraine, as they expected,” Zelenskyi said.
“We are preparing for a short war and our victory. The sooner it comes, the fewer victims we will have. In 2014, the conflict froze, and it was not useful. The Minsk agreements gave Putin time to prepare for an attack, we will not get into the same one again trap. The Ukrainian military is more motivated because they protect their families and homes,” the president said.
Regarding the support of Western partners, Zelensky noted that “no one likes to fight alone.” “Anyone who thinks that at some point they can leave us, means that he has not understood the motivation of our struggle. We are not three hundred Spartans, we do not feel like heroes, we know that Europe is behind us and those who know the danger of Russian” threats” , – he explained his opinion.
Zelenskyi also commented on the possibility of a new offensive by the Russians. He noted that the Armed Forces are now much stronger than the Russian troops.
“If we lose, we will lose everything: home, children, parents, so it does not matter if it is an old or a new offensive. After what happened on February 24, 2022, there are no more compromises. We are not afraid of them. Nobody is afraid of them . . , nothing is going according to their plan,” Zelensky concluded.
The situation in Donbas
The Russian occupiers will try to capture the entire Donetsk and Luhansk regions by the end of March. The sharp increase in casualties among the invaders is consistent with intelligence that the Russian Federation has left all the resources to do this.
