Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky mocks Putin’s failure to capture Donbas ‘15 times already’
Volodymyr Zelensky has ridiculed Russia’s goal to capture Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, saying that the attempt has been made by Russian forces 15 times and failed.
“Since the start of the full-scale war, the Russian army has been given as many as 15 deadlines for capturing our Donetsk region. Russia’s political leadership remains obsessed with Donbas. They have entertained this delusion – that they would fully capture Donbas – 15 times already,” Zelensky said in his nightly address.
He warned that Russian president Vladimir Putin will have to end the war or else watch the next deadline be moved once again.
“If Russia does not end its war, they will have to move this deadline again as well. If Putin wants to sacrifice another million of his soldiers to keep smashing against this wall, then the million Russians who have not yet been mobilised into the Russian army and are arguing in gas lines should think about what awaits them next,” Zelensky said.
In Russia, fuel crisis is deepening as officials may allow companies to temporarily produce gasoline and diesel with lower quality and allow lower quality imports amid Ukraine’s attacks on its refineries.
