Putin is preparing a new offensive on Sumy and Kharkiv regions - Zelensky
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Zelensky stated that Putin is trying to buy time and preparing for a spring offensive on Sumy and Kharkiv regions. He added that Russia wanted to start the operation eight months ago.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is trying to buy time and is preparing for a spring offensive. He is preparing a new offensive, in particular in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Le Figaro, reports UNN.
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"Success in Jeddah will be a success for us. Every step when Ukrainians prove that they want peace, like the US, and Russia refuses, strengthens our analysis that the Kremlin does not want peace. This is very important because the United States will realize this," Zelenskyy said.
As other countries in Asia and Latin America, who claimed that Putin was ready for an unconditional ceasefire and the Ukrainians were not, will soon understand, in his opinion.
I can also confirm that Putin is trying to buy time and is preparing for a spring offensive. We see preparations for this future operation. We have shared our intelligence with our allies. We need to look at the situation with our eyes wide open. Putin is preparing a new offensive, in particular in Sumy and Kharkiv regions. He wanted to start this operation eight months ago, but we prevented him thanks to our intervention in Kursk. Therefore, today he needs time," - Zelenskyy said.
Zelenskyy commented on whether this is the most difficult moment since the beginning of the war.
"No. The most difficult was the first month of the war. When we fought not to lose everything: independence, freedom, the capital, the country. Today we are stronger. Our army is better equipped. We have air defense, trained brigades. Vladimir Putin knows all this. Although he is trying to say that he has won great military victories this year. Russian troops have captured 3,000 kilometers. Of course, this is not nothing. But the human cost of getting them was enormous," Zelenskyy said.
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Earlier, Ukrainian intelligence reported that Russia is preparing for an offensive on Kharkiv and Sumy regions in late May or early June.
