The President said that he must defend all the territory of Ukraine, so that the victory would be the retreat of the enemy from all the lands of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky states: the more Russia retreats, the weaker it is. The head of state announced this in his last press conference on Tuesday, December 19.
So, the Ukrainian leader answered the question of what constitutes success for him personally.
“In this position, I must defend our state in accordance with our Constitution. Its entire territory. And our entire territory includes the occupied Donbass and Crimea. Therefore, I can only understand it in this way,” he explained.
At the same time, he added that “people are divided” on the issue of what success is.
“Who began to say: “Come, let us stop here,” ed.), where we are, is a victory, we are not conquered.” When you come to the United States or the European Union: “The fact that Russia cannot destroy you is a victory! You still have a state, an identity, you will return everything over time,” Zelensky said.
The President added that he has doubts about this and believes that Ukraine should fight back.
“Because there is no guarantee that even tomorrow we will reach the line from where this invasion started… And if it does, what will happen next? What will happen next? What security guarantees will we receive? Who ensures that there will be of security in Russia ?” – the head of state asked a rhetorical question.
Let’s remember that at the press conference Zelensky also announced the proposal of the military leaders to increase the mobilization of 450-500 thousand people. Further mobilization of such a number of citizens may cost the budget up to 500 billion Hryvnia.
Source: korrespondent
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