In his address, Zelenskyy mentions Russia’s retreat but not Zaluzhnyy’s column

Photo: Ukraine’s President’s Office

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, has announced that Russia is gradually retreating into the eastern Black Sea and did not react to Zaluzhnyi’s column in The Economist magazine, which caused a public outcry.

Source: Zelenskyy’s address on 2 November

Quote: “I am grateful to all those who are fighting and working to ensure that Ukraine maintains access to the global market. The results are good: Russia is gradually losing control over the Black Sea and retreating to the eastern part of the water area. We will get them even there.”

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Details: The president also thanked the US for the new powerful sanctions decision. Thanks to it, more than 220 Russian – and not only Russian – entities working for aggression are now under US sanctions.

Background:

• On 1 November, The Economist magazine published a column by Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
• In particular, he stated that he believes that the war with Russia is moving to a new stage: “positional” warfare with static and exhausting battles. To win it, Ukraine needs high technologies.
• He also wrote that the situation at the front has reached a stalemate when neither side can advance because they are technologically equipped at the same level. The general says the situation reminds him of the First World War.

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