Zelensky: With Russia withdrawing to pre-February 24 positions, negotiations could begin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that he intended to speak only directly with Vladimir Putin himself and not through mediators.

Zelensky added that if the Russian president “realizes the reality”, there is a possibility of finding a diplomatic solution to end the war in Ukraine.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Ukrainian president also said that Ukraine will fight until it regains all its territories.

Moscow should withdraw its troops to the lines where they were before the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, Zelensky said.

“This could be a step towards talks,” he said, adding that Moscow was trying to gain time in its talks with Kyiv.

“The situation in Donbas is extremely difficult”

“The situation in Donbas, in the eastern Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk, is extremely difficult,” he said. global balance.

During his sermon on Tuesday night, the Ukrainian president said that “the full force of the Russian army is now devoted to the attack on Donbas.”

“Liman, Popasna, Severodonetsk, Slovyansk – the occupying forces are destroying everything there,” said the Ukrainian head of state, referring to a number of cities that have been at the center of the fighting in recent days.

“Therefore, the supply of heavy weapons to Ukraine – MLRS, tanks, anti-ship weapons and other weapons – is the best investment in maintaining stability in the world and avoiding many serious crises that Russia is still planning or has already caused.” , added the Ukrainian president.

Village village and town town, Russian forces bomb, encircle and eventually overrun the Ukrainian ones, due to simple numerical superiority, the BBC emphasizes.

The Ukrainian governor of the Luhansk region said that the Russians are approaching the positions of the Ukrainian defenders of the region from all directions.

Sergei Haidai wrote in a post on social media that the bombing “is intensifying. The Russian army has decided to completely destroy Sheverodonetsk.”

The encirclement of this city – the last Ukrainian fortress on the east bank of a major river – seems to be the current tactic of the Russian invaders.

In the region, however, are fighting some of the most experienced units of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Sheverodonetsk supply lines are still open, but completely marginal.

According to the British network, the cutting off of Ukrainian fighters there may be a matter of days, which would mean the confinement of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians who have remained in the city.