Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that the Kremlin is not “serious” about negotiation efforts to end the war — and blasted Russian leader Vladimir Putin as living in an “alternative reality.”

Speaking through a translator, Zelensky told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, who interviewed him from Davos, Switzerland, that his early optimism on the negotiations has stalled.

Putin, he said, needs to be “shoved into the reality of today — not being in this bubble, this alternative reality of his that he has been building for quite a long time.”

The Kremlin leader “does not fully understand what’s going on,” Zelensky said, adding the war will not end until Putin sees the truth and exits his “world of propaganda.”

The pessimistic remarks came as Zelensky on Sunday visited troops in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, for the first time since the war broke out.

“I feel boundless pride in our defenders. Every day, risking their lives, they fight for Ukraine’s freedom,” he wrote on the Telegram about his rare frontline trip.


https://nypost.com/2022/05/29/zelensky-says-putin-does-not-fully-understand-his-own-war/

plaindealer:
This man is the true definition of bravery and fortitude, he slaps Putin around like a little biat!ch.

hungryboy:
he is the definition of bravery and fortitude for talking tough and hiding in a Bunker while others risk their lives and limbs fighting?

Definition of bravery are those Ukrainian Soldiers facing artillery and airstrikes somewhere out there right now, and still holding it together

This is why I always say life was better when Leaders went to war with their Soldiers , if the Leader is risking his own life too, and has a chance to end the war , he will gladly do it

Putin Is Facing ‘Serious Casualties’: Ukraine Goes On The Attack In Kherson

Why Ukraine Conducting Counter-Offensive in Kherson Region Is Vital – The Ukrainian General Staff announced that a counter-offensive was taking place in the Kherson Oblast inflicting serious casualties on Russian forces.

And despite the ongoing heavy fighting in the Donbas industrial region, the southern port city and region of Kherson may indeed hold the key to a Ukrainian victory or defeat. The fighting in eastern Ukraine has seen the bloodiest fighting in Europe since World War II.

The General Staff reported on its Facebook page, “As a result of an offensive operation conducted by units of [Ukrainian – ed.] Defence Forces, the enemy suffered losses and took up unfavorable defensive positions near Avdiivka, Lozove, and Bilohirka in Kherson Oblast. Fighting continues.


https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/05/putin-is-facing-serious-casualties-ukraine-goes-on-the-attack-in-kherson/

“The Russian occupiers fired on civilian infrastructure in and around the villages of Prybuzke, Posad-Pokrovske, Blahodatne, Osokorivka, and Novooleksandrivka, and the town of Novovoronstovka, among others. The enemy continues to reinforce its air defense system, in particular by deploying S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.”

Background On the Fighting in Kherson Oblast

Kherson was the first city to fall to Russia in the earliest days of the invasion that began on February 24. The Russians anticipated a blitzkrieg type of operation where they would take Kyiv and Kharkiv within hours and sweep across the south towards Odesa and the Donbas. It was expected to complete the “special military operation” within days.

Now we know that the operation was far too ambitious. The Russian assaults on Kyiv and Kharkiv were bloody failures. They withdrew their forces from the Kyiv region and reinforced their offensive in the industrial Donbas region. It is generally considered that Russia has re-evaluated its goals in Ukraine to the areas currently held as well as the Donbas. But that may only be until they reconstitute enough combat power that they’ve lost thus far.

plaindealer:



Do you mean Putin is not hiding inside his Kremlin bunker and he's actually on the battlefield with the poor little kids he sent to war.?

When was the last time lazy and useless Putin visited the battlefield like Zelensky?..

Small Ukraine led by this young man fought the fake Kremlin superpower to a standstill, he's killed 12 generals, 40 colonels, sank and destroyed warships, killed thousands of Putin useless troops, destroyed thousands of tanks and APCs, shot down jets and helicopters and he's still fighting and giving Putin a serious bloody nose so what do you call brave.

Abi why is Putin with all his superior military power and arsenal can not defeat a small country like Ukraine with less power and arsenal?

Do you even know the meaning of bravery?

hungryboy:
As usual so uninformed yet so confident in his assertions

Is Zelensky the one doing the fighting ?

All this Stats you are reeling out, as Russian losses , do you have credible evidence to back it up?

Not to forget, imagine calling Ukraine that is bigger in landmass than some two EU countries combined , has the second largest number of troops in Europe small

Not to forget, have you checked a map of this conflict at all? who is gaining territory, how much territory have been gained ?

plaindealer:
This man is the true definition of bravery and fortitude, he slaps Putin around like a little biat!ch.

hungryboy:
As usual so uninformed yet so confident in his assertions

Is Zelensky the one doing the fighting ?

All this Stats you are reeling out, as Russian losses , do you have credible evidence to back it up?

Not to forget, imagine calling Ukraine that is bigger in landmass than some two EU countries combined , has the second largest number of troops in Europe small

Not to forget, have you checked a map of this conflict at all? who is gaining territory, how much territory have been gained ?