Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has painted a dramatic picture of the situation in the defensive war against the Russian aggressor. The situation at the front in Donbass is “difficult and painful” and requires all the “strength and concentration” of the country, Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Monday night. Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reiterated the Kremlin’s demands for a “demilitarization” of Ukraine.
“First of all, the situation at the front: Bakhmut, Kreminna and other parts of Donbass, which require maximum strength and concentration. The situation there is difficult and painful. The occupiers are using all the means at their disposal – and they are important means – to make progress,” the Ukrainian president said. He complained that millions of Ukrainians are still experiencing power outages.
Lavrov again calls for “demilitarization and denazification”.
Meanwhile, Russia’s chief diplomat Lavrov has made it clear that his country is not ready to make concessions. “Our proposals to demilitarize and denazify the regime-controlled areas, to remove the threats to the security of Russia, including our new areas, are well known to the enemy,” he said, according to state news Tuesday night. desk mug “The point is very simple: fulfill them for your own good. Otherwise, the question will be answered by the Russian army.”
Russia’s foreign minister also accused Ukraine of dragging the United States and other NATO members “deeper into the conflict, hoping to make a hasty clash with the Russian military inevitable.” and described the Ukrainian reaction as a provocation. Zelenskyy tried to “pass the projectile like a Russian missile”. “It is good that Washington and Brussels had the wisdom at the time not to fall for it.”
After Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014 and separatists seized parts of the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the nuclear power launched an all-out war of aggression against the neighboring country on 24 February. The attempt to overthrow the pro-Western government in Kiev failed. With massive support from the EU and NATO, Ukraine was not only able to withstand the attacks, but was also able to recapture initially lost territories in the Kharkov and Kherson regions. After no successes on the battlefield, Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin allowed the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia to be annexed after mock referendums.
Source: Krone
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