Zelenskyy: “When some partners say, ‘So what about the counteroffensive, when will the next step be?’ My answer is that today our steps are probably faster than new sanctions packages.”
by marketrent
Zelenskyy: “When some partners say, ‘So what about the counteroffensive, when will the next step be?’ My answer is that today our steps are probably faster than new sanctions packages.”
by marketrent
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During a panel discussion at the 18th Yalta European Strategy meeting:^1
>“The war is slowing down. We recognize this fact. All processes are becoming more complicated and slower: from sanctions to the provision of weapons,” he added.
>“When some partners say, ‘So what about the counteroffensive, when will the next step be?’ My answer is that today our steps are probably faster than new sanctions packages,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
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>“There are specific square kilometers of our land, and each liberated meter is a human life… The longer it takes, the more people suffer. What is the impact of weapons? Concrete and direct, without abstractions and rhetoric. There is a specific impact of a specific weapon. The more powerful and long-range it is, the faster the counteroffensive is. The faster the restoration of our territory is. If we are not in the sky and Russia is, they stop us from the sky. They stop our counteroffensive,” the President noted.
>Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude to all Ukraine’s partners, led by the United States, who provide defense assistance and strengthen the Ukrainian defense forces to liberate all our lands.
^1 https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/kroki-ukrayini-v-kontrnastupi-sogodni-napevno-shvidshi-nizh-85485
Burn 🔥🔥🔥
Zelenskyy has a sharp tongue and an even sharper mind.
Want it to go faster? Send more high end military said. Now.
Impatience by many western partners seems to be fueled by a hope to “get back to normal with Russia” or for some quick victory that ends the war and the need for financial and military contributions. For the former, there is no “getting back to normal” with Russia because even when Ukraine expels Russia from its territory, and if Putin goes [to the Hague preferably], there are a lot of ultra nationalists in Russia lining up to take Putin’s place. For the later, attempting a quick victory would result in significant casualties and carry significant risks.