Zelenský’s chilling words: After so many sacrifices, victory must be achieved on the battlefield, this is the goal – New Time

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that victory in the war in Ukraine must be achieved on the battlefield and his country’s goal is to regain control of all Ukrainian territories currently occupied by Russia. TASR reports on the basis of a report by Reuters and the Financial Times. “We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory (Russia),” Zelensky said at a conference organized by the FT daily. He also added that the stalemate on the battlefield in Kiev is not an acceptable option. According to Zelenský, Ukraine would achieve a “serious temporary victory” by pushing Russian troops out of the areas they seized after February 24. However, the main goal of Kiev is still to regain control of the entire Ukrainian territory. “We must achieve complete deoccupation of our entire territory,” Zelenskyj said. Kiev has previously said that Russia currently occupies about 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean peninsula and parts of the Donbas, which Russia conquered in 2014, Reuters reminds.