Much of what we are preparing depends on battles in Donetsk Oblast – Zelenskyy

Saturday, 18 February 2023, 20:32

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, PHOTO BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that much of what Ukraine has planned for the near future depends on the current confrontation in the Donetsk Oblast.

Source: evening appeal of the president

Quote: "Traditionally, I want to thank all those who are defending the state on the battlefield right now. I would especially like to mention everyone who defends Donetsk Oblast.

The most brutal and principled military operations go on there. A confrontation, on which a lot of what we are preparing for the near future depends on."

Details: Zelenskyy thanked the paratroopers of the 79th Air Assault Brigade, the marines of the 35th Marine Brigade, the infantrymen of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade, the gunners of the 55th and the 27th Rocket Artillery brigades.

He also said that on Saturday, there is a reason to celebrate the fighters who operate on the Zaporizhzhia front. "Territorial Defence Forces, 128th Brigade – thank you for repelling the attacks, guys!" he said.

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