Zelensky assures that Ukraine is maintaining its positions in Donbas

MADRID, 5 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, assured this Friday that the "fierce" conflicts registered this week have been concentrated in the Donbas region, specifically in the cities of Bakhmut and Soledar, where he has affirmed that the Ukrainian Army "maintains their positions."

"We maintain our positions. And in these and some other directions in the Donetsk region, the Russian army has already spent as many lives of its people and as much ammunition as it probably did not spend in the two wars in Chechnya together," he said in his speech. daily.

In this sense, the president has insisted that Russia hides from its civilians the number of casualties on its side and has questioned whether this country has put an end to the partial military mobilization as it claimed a week ago. "The truth is that in the regions of Russia and on our occupied territory they continue to round up people to send them to their deaths," he said.

This, he assured, "is an indicator (...) that his supposed willingness to negotiate is just as false." Zelensky has criticized that when one truly has this intention "he does not look for a way to deceive everyone around him to send tens or hundreds of thousands of people to the 'meat grinder', mobilized or in the form of some mercenaries" .

Once again, he pointed out that Ukraine is ready for peace, "a just peace" that includes respect for the UN Charter, respect for the territorial integrity of the country and for its people, as well as demanding responsibilities from the "terrorism".

He has also made reference to the visit to kyiv this Friday by the National Security Adviser of the President of the United States, an interaction that he has underlined as "very useful" for the protection of the State. "We are working on the issue of air defense and anti-missile defense for Ukraine," he declared.

Likewise, he thanked the declaration issued by the foreign ministers of the G7 countries, which he assured covered "key aspects" of their defense situation against Russian aggression, such as the creation of a coordination mechanism to help the country rebuild its critical energy infrastructure.

In addition, he wanted to recall that this date marks 31 years since the approval of the Ukrainian rule on the state border, which was one of the "fundamental documents for the restoration of Ukraine's independence."

"We will liberate all our cities and towns, regardless of the plans of the occupiers to prolong their stay on Ukrainian soil. Ukraine will be free. And our entire border will be restored, both on land and at sea. Both in the east and in the south ", he assured.