But he added: "We are losing people, I am not satisfied. We didn’t get all the weapons we wanted. I can’t be satisfied, but I also can’t complain too much".
Zelensky also said he feared the war between Israel and Hamas would overshadow the conflict in Ukraine, where it could threaten the flow of Western military aid to Kiev.
These concerns are exacerbated by the unrest that will inevitably arise during a US election year and its potential repercussions for his country, which has seen the international community largely rally around it following the Russian attack on February 24, 2022.
The counteroffensive, backed by tens of billions of dollars in Western military aid, has not made the breakthroughs expected, and now, some Ukrainian officials are concerned about whether additional aid will be as generous.
At the same time, ammunition stocks are running low, threatening to halt operations on the Ukrainian battlefield.
As winter approaches, Ukraine’s military commanders must confront new but familiar challenges. As the conflict approaches the end of its second year, there are below-freezing temperatures and barren fields that leave soldiers exposed. There is also a renewed threat of Russian air attacks. Widespread attacks on cities targeting energy infrastructure and civilians.
On November 25, Moscow launched its most comprehensive attack with 75 drones, targeting most of these drones. "the witness" Iranian-made in the city of Kiev, in a worrying precedent.
Zelensky said: "That’s why the winter war is difficult".
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Zelensky said in an interview with the Associated Press, Thursday, in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, after an inspection tour to raise the morale of soldiers: “We have a new phase of the war, and this is a fact. Winter as a whole is a new phase of the war.”
When asked if he was satisfied with the results of the counterattack, he gave a complex answer, saying: “Look, we are not going to retreat. I am satisfied. We are fighting with the second best army in the world, and I am satisfied.”
But he added: “We are losing people. I am not satisfied. We did not get all the weapons we wanted. I cannot be satisfied, but I also cannot complain too much.”
Zelensky also said he feared the war between Israel and Hamas would overshadow the conflict in Ukraine, where it could threaten the flow of Western military aid to Kiev.
These concerns are exacerbated by the unrest that will inevitably arise during a US election year and its potential repercussions for his country, which has seen the international community largely rally around it following the Russian attack on February 24, 2022.
The counteroffensive, backed by tens of billions of dollars in Western military aid, has not made the breakthroughs expected, and now, some Ukrainian officials are concerned about whether additional aid will be as generous.
At the same time, ammunition stocks are running low, threatening to halt operations on the Ukrainian battlefield.
As winter approaches, Ukraine’s military commanders must confront new but familiar challenges. As the conflict approaches the end of its second year, there are below-freezing temperatures and barren fields that leave soldiers exposed. There is also a renewed threat of Russian air attacks. Widespread attacks on cities targeting energy infrastructure and civilians.
On November 25, Moscow launched its most comprehensive attack with 75 drones, and most of these Iranian-made “Shahed” drones targeted the city of Kiev, in a worrying precedent.
“That is why the winter war is difficult,” Zelensky said.
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