KIEV (dpa-AFX) – In view of the difficult situation at the front, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has called on his compatriots to hold on. “We are now at a stage of the war where it is important for our society and our partners not to lose a sense of the path ahead,” Zelenskyy said in his evening video message on Tuesday.
“Compared to last year, things are now quieter in many places,” added the head of state. “But that doesn’t mean that you can ignore the war somewhere or focus less on helping the state,” he said to the Ukrainian population. Selenskyj emphasized that it was by no means the time to “rest on our laurels”: “The path still lies ahead of us.”
More than a year after the beginning of the Russian war of aggression, the Ukrainian army is currently under pressure, especially in the east around the city of Bakhmut, where costly fighting has been raging for months. An expected spring offensive by the Ukrainians to recapture occupied areas is also still pending. According to a report by the Washington Post, the United States, for example, has doubts about the success of this plan. On Tuesday, the US newspaper referred to documents from the data leak that had been debated for days and to its own sources./haw/DP/he