“These are position battles. It’s the third day of the war, but the position battles are taking place where they started. They are Kharkov, Kherson, Odessa, Mykolaiv. Sumy, Chernivtsi, Zhytomyr. There are battles everywhere that were three days ago. instead, “Podolak told reporters on Ukrainian TV channels.
The official noted that the situation will worsen in Kiev, because the state leadership is located there.
“The only thing that happens is that one of Russia’s main goals is to overthrow Ukraine’s political leadership, and that can be done in Kiev. Because Ukraine’s leadership is in Kiev, it has not gone anywhere and will not go,” Podolak added.