Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated he met troopers within the frontline southeastern Zaporizhzhia area, as Russia steps up stress on what had been a comparatively calm a part of the battlefield.
A video shared on social media on Thursday confirmed him assembly camouflaged troops and presenting medals in darkish trenches in a wooded space, with a HIMARS artillery system seen within the background.
“Could the HIMARS all the time carry out flawlessly and hit the enemy targets,” Zelenskiy stated within the video. He stated he was assembly members of the twenty seventh rocket artillery brigade. The video didn’t give a exact location or say when the assembly occurred.
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine approaches its third anniversary, Moscow’s troops are growing stress all alongside the 1,000-km (600-mile) entrance.
Southern and southeastern components have been coming below growing hearth in current weeks as Russia’s navy step up assaults on the border of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk areas.
The Russian navy has been advancing in Ukraine’s east at its quickest fee for the reason that early months of the struggle, analysts say.
Kyiv is asking allies for extra assist to place it within the strongest battlefield place if any negotiations happen. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who is because of return to the White home in January, has been calling for a ceasefire and a swift finish to the struggle.
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