Zelenskyy addressed those who dictate how to fight: look at the whole frontline

Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 22:51

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Ukrainians to assess the situation comprehensively, taking into account the whole frontline, not just the toughest areas.

Source: Presidential video address

Quote: "Today I would also like to address those in Ukraine who are trying, so to speak, to ‘hurry up’ the Armed Forces of our state or to dictate how to attack and where to repel enemies in the first place. Ukraine values every opinion."

"However, Ukraine values every life first and foremost. And this is an axiom. And Ukraine will never do like Russia does, namely throw people into the hell of battle just because Moscow wants to seize something in a few days or by a certain date. Our military personnel, intelligence, the National Guard and all those involved in the state defence are gradually but inevitably thwarting all the aggressors’ plans."

"The frontline situation must be assessed comprehensively – not by one area, where the situation is the toughest and which attracts the most attention, but rather by the whole frontline."

"The situation on the Donbas front is very difficult. Sievierodonetsk, Lysychansk, and Kurakhove are now at the epicentre of the confrontation. Given the presence of large-scale chemical production in Sievierodonetsk, the Russian army's strikes there, including blind aerial bombing, are just madness. However, it is no longer surprising on the 97th day of such a war, that any madness is absolutely acceptable to the Russian military, to Russian commanders, to Russian soldiers."

Background: On Tuesday evening (31 May), the Head of the Luhansk Oblast Military Administration, Serhii Haidai, said that most of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast was controlled by Russian troops, but there was no risk that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fighters would be encircled at the moment.