During his visit to Kharkiv, the President of Ukraine talked with media representatives of Central Asian countries. Volodymyr Zelenskyi spoke about the course of hostilities in Kharkiv Oblast, international support and shared his thoughts on how the outbreak of war could have been avoided.
The president noted that during the offensive in the Kharkiv region, Russia once again used the practice of “meat assaults”. Enemy losses in personnel were eight times greater.
“Their “breakthrough” in the direction of Kharkiv lasted a little more than two weeks. The ratio of casualties among the military is one to eight. One Ukrainian to eight Russians. Putin absolutely does not care about human lives. He also wants to piss off his own people, both civilians and on the military,” says Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
According to the head of state, Ukraine should not agree to peace talks or a cease-fire regime, as the current situation on the battlefield does not allow this.
“What will the cease-fire look like today? They entered the Kharkiv region, walked about 10 kilometers and stopped. If the moment of the cease-fire has come now, it means that the Russian heavy equipment has not yet arrived. They could not come due to our artillery. But their heavy equipment will drive up,” Zelensky noted.
The president believes that Putin has no intention of stopping at Ukraine. The potential danger exists both for the Baltic region and for the countries of Central Asia. Therefore, the leaders of these countries should be more decisive.
Volodymyr Zelenskyi also noted that a full-scale offensive might not have happened if Western countries had started imposing sanctions earlier.
“I asked Biden and the EU to impose sanctions against the Kremlin, Putin, his entourage, the Russian energy industry before the invasion, so that Putin would know that it would hurt. So that their people would know that it would hurt economically. But no one heard us,” the leader said. state
The president spoke with journalists from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan amid the ruins of the Vivat publishing house, which was destroyed by a Russian missile strike this week. Seven people died under the rubble of the building, and another 20 people were injured.
