Zelenskyy: Battle for Donbas has begun, Russian generals act more carefully

Monday, 18 April, 23:00

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said that Russian generals have lost too many of their troops and are acting more carefully during this new assault.

Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a video address

According to Zelenskyy: "The occupiers’ attacks in the east and south of our country have become more considered than they have been before. They are putting pressure on us, looking for a weak spot in our country’s defence in order to then attack it with their main forces…

Maybe the Russian generals who are used to not counting their losses have now lost the lives of so many of their soldiers that even they have to be more careful, or they will be left with no one to conduct an offensive.

Still, they should not expect that this will help them. When the entire territory of our country is going to be liberated is only a matter of time."

Details: Zelenskyy stated that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbas, which they have been preparing for for a long time: a large part of the Russian army has gathered for this offensive.

Zelenskyy continued: "We will continue fighting however many Russian troops are deployed there. We will continue defending ourselves. We will do this every day. We will not relinquish anything that is Ukrainian, but we don’t need anything that’s not ours.

And I am grateful to all our soldiers, to all our heroic cities in Donbas, to Mariupol, and to the cities of the Kharkiv region that are still holding on. That are still guarding the fate of the entire country by holding back the invaders. Rubizhne, Popasna, Zolote, Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk, Kramatorsk and all others that have been with Ukraine for all these years, and will forever be with Ukraine."