Zelensky pushes allies to step up and fight war that ‘no one even notices’

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On the fifth anniversary of his inauguration, the comedian-turned-wartime leader concedes his allies need to push so-called “red lines” and get more involved.

Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv.

“A very powerful wave is going on in Donbas ... No-one even notices that there are actually more battles in the east of the country, specifically in the Donbas direction: Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar.”A destroyed resort is seen from above after a Russian rocket attack near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday.The 46-year-old was speaking on the fifth anniversary of his inauguration as president. He has not contested new elections because of martial law imposed due to the invasion.

Russia has fired thousands of missiles and drones at Ukraine since the start of the wider conflict, and air defences are a priority for Kyiv. He casts the war as part of an existential battle with a declining and decadent West which he says humiliated Russia after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 by encroaching on what he considers Moscow’s sphere of influence, including Ukraine.Zelensky reiterated that he had not broken agreements with allies not to use their weapons inside Russia.

 

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