Ukraine is not prepared to give up territory and is ready, if necessary, to fight Russia “for 10 years,” President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed. He also appeared to acknowledge that the current conflict effectively began in 2014, when Kiev first launched an operation to re-take the breakaway Donbass.

In an interview with CNN, Zelensky said that for Ukraine “the battle for Donbass is very important” for a number of reasons, adding that it could affect “the course of the whole war.” He stressed, however, that a diplomatic solution to the conflict is preferable.

“We cannot give up our territory, but we must find some kind of dialogue with Russia,” Zelensky said, adding that talks will not be conducted “on the basis of the Russian ultimatum.”

Zelensky said dialogue is needed to prevent more deaths, though he claimed his country “can fight the Russian Federation for ten years.”

He said the Ukrainian forces in Donbass are some of “the best military” the country has. “It is a large grouping. And Russia wants to encircle them and destroy them,” Zelensky claimed, adding that he was talking about “44,000 professional military men who survived a great war from the beginning of 2014.”

“This is why it is very important for us to preserve that part of our army.”

Asked by the CNN presenter if Ukraine will be victorious in the conflict, Zelensky said, “Yes, of course.”

Russia attacked the neighboring state in late February, following Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

decatalyst:
Bear parlor talk sha full media on top this matter.


Person wey fit fight for 10yrs nah eim dey cry for help here and there. Never seen any European leader call on Africa for help...zelanski did and he is still boasting if being able to fight for 10yrs?

I am confused!

NwaNimo1:
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mojounited:
Once Russia takes Mariupol, Kahrkiv, Kherson, Odessa, and Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk), Ukraine will become a landlocked country. Russia would then benefit from the natural resources in those areas; coal, iron ore, precious earth metals, oil and gas reserves, uranium, etc.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2022/02/23/as-russian-forces-roll-into-eastern-ukraine-putin-grabs-yet-another-prizeores-and-energy/amp/

Irrespective of how much sanctions the Western Nations met out to Russia, Russia will be richer in the near future if they hold on to Donbas.

Also, Russia's Black Sea Fleet will have little or no further worries about any blockade of its Navy heading towards the Mediterranean from unfriendly forces if Mariupol and other port cities are captured.

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/INTERACTIVE-Russia-Ukraine-War-Who-controls-what-Day-53.png?w=770&resize=770%2C769

Just like when Russia went to war with Finland and ended up capturing Vyborg. Now, Russia pumps Oil & Gas to Europe and the Baltic Nations via Vyborg Fields.

Now I understand that Putin is not stupid or crazy after all..

mojounited:
Once Russia takes Mariupol, Kahrkiv, Kherson, Odessa, and Donbas (Donetsk and Luhansk), Ukraine will become a landlocked country. Russia would then benefit from the natural resources in those areas; coal, iron ore, precious earth metals, oil and gas reserves, uranium, etc.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2022/02/23/as-russian-forces-roll-into-eastern-ukraine-putin-grabs-yet-another-prizeores-and-energy/amp/

Irrespective of how much sanctions the Western Nations met out to Russia, Russia will be richer in the near future if they hold on to Donbas.

Also, Russia's Black Sea Fleet will have little or no further worries about any blockade of its Navy heading towards the Mediterranean from unfriendly forces if Mariupol and other port cities are captured.

https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/INTERACTIVE-Russia-Ukraine-War-Who-controls-what-Day-53.png?w=770&resize=770%2C769

Just like when Russia went to war with Finland and ended up capturing Vyborg. Now, Russia pumps Oil & Gas to Europe and the Baltic Nations via Vyborg Fields.

Now I understand that Putin is not stupid or crazy after all..

mightyhaze:
So what's the idea of all those takes?

Is that how bigger and stronger countries should be taking from smaller countries?

Dalil8:


Russia na number 1 for annexation game. Once dey invade ur country, dem must annex one region.

Russia just dey grow bigger and bigger by the day.

mightyhaze:
So what's the big idea of all those takes?


Is that how bigger and stronger countries should be taking from smaller countries?

Hohaiiiode:
A war that is less than six months and you are already pleading for weapons and monitory and other aid… pride will not kill this guy… he think he is talking to People that don’t think. I hope he is not banking on western help… cause they will be as tired as everyone else… when the inflation bite the cicitzens that are not use to hardship they will stop putting in money for the fight

Kingpin1000:
How long will they give you weapons before they get tired of sending weapons to you.
Does he even thinks those weapons are for free?
Does He know the number of civilians that will die within a year,talk more of 10 years.
Does he even think Russia has that patience?

Upworkwriter007:
whose territory is the war being fought? You think you'll still get military aid after 2 years? Dialogue is the reasonable way here.

NwaNimo1:
Zelensky got jokes....

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