Zelenskyy: The occupiers are trying to show at least some victory on the 80th day of the invasion
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — SATURDAY, 14 MAY 2022, 22:23
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that the situation in Donbas remains very difficult, but Ukraine will force the occupiers to leave its land and sea.
Source: President's video address
Quote: "The situation in Donbas remains very difficult. Russian troops are still trying to show at least some victory.
On the 80th day of the full-scale invasion, it looks especially crazy. But they do not stop all these efforts."
Details: Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to everyone who is holding the defence and bringing it closer to Donbas, the Azov Sea and Kherson.
"The same thing is happening now in the Kharkiv region – step by step we are forcing the occupiers to leave our land. We will force them to leave the Ukrainian sea," he said.
- Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the Russian military has probably decided to withdraw fully from its positions around the city of Kharkiv.
- On the Izium front in Kharkiv oblast [region], Ukrainian defenders went on the counterattack.
