Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska recalls the human cost of war in her country amid debate over rising consumer prices in Europe. “As you start counting the pennies in your account or in your pocket, let’s do the same and count our victims,” the wife of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a BBC interview.
The 44-year-old said the stories of the people who fled or even lost their lives and their faces should be known around the world. “Not the number of bombs dropped or the amounts spent, but human stories — and there are thousands of them.”
Offended First Lady
About her husband’s journey from actor to war president, Selenska said she was offended when people questioned it. “He’s the same man I’ve always known.” Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife have known each other since their student days, have been married since 2003 and have two children together.
Broad Ukrainian advance west of the Dnipro
Meanwhile, according to British intelligence, Ukraine is currently conducting a wide advance on three axes west of the Dnipro River in its counter-offensive in the Kherson region of the south of the country. Although this offensive had limited direct targets, it likely surprised the Russians tactically, according to a brief report from the Ministry of Defense in London on Saturday.
This would expose logistical shortcomings and weaknesses in the leadership of the Russian offensive. Russian commanders should now decide which region to focus on for supplies and reserve forces.
Source: Krone
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