KYIV: Ukraine’s President Zelensky has said that Ukrainian forces were faced with cruel fighting all along the frontline, but were prevailing nevertheless, Western media reported on Thursday.
“The occupiers are making attempts to prevent our men with all their force. The assaults are very ruthless,” Zelensky maintained, saying that “it is very hard everywhere. But whatever the opposition does, it is the Ukrainian side that dominates.”
President Zelensky Says Frontline Battle ‘Hard’ But Kyiv ‘Dominates’
Earlier, Zelenskiy claimed that Russia’s assaults on port infrastructure demonstrated Russians were intent on creating international catastrophe,” with a crisis in food markets, supplies and prices.
In his video address, he said, “For Russians, this is not just a war against our freedom and against our nation,”. He added Russia is waging a battle for international catastrophe. President Zelenskiy said in Russians madness, they also need international food markets to downfall, Moscow needs a price crisis, they need disturbances in supplies.”
Over the matter, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also made a phone call to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, urging him not to further escalate tensions in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The call comes after Moscow struck facilities vital for grain shipments from Ukraine, which has disrupted the grain trade in the region.
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Erdogan played a key role in brokering the now-collapsed deal that allowed safe passage for Ukraine’s grain shipments on the Black Sea. As an intermediary in the conflict, he stressed the importance of the grain deal as a “bridge for peace” and called for restraint to prevent further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.
The accord, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, allowed Ukraine to export grain through its Black Sea ports. However, the agreement ended last month when Russia withdrew from it. In response, Russia targeted port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern region of Odesa, causing damage to grain elevators, silos, and warehouses used for grain exports since the collapse of the deal.
