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The President of Ukraine said that Ukrainian forces are gradually advancing in the east and south of the country, highlighting the situation in the Donetsk region in particular. “This is the center of the greatest madness of the occupiers. They are dying by the hundreds every day. The field in front of the Ukrainian positions is literally covered with the corpses of the occupiers,” he said.
In custom speechZelensky says Many lives have been lost and some soldiers have already started criticizing the leadership. As proof of this, he points out that some have complained to their regional governor.
This Monday, an army of elite Russian troops fighting in Ukraine issued a letter of protest citing the high casualties they suffered in an attack they say was “incompetently” planned. The Russian Defense Ministry denied the information in the letter, denying that “massive casualties” had been recorded.
Criticizing Russian “lies” about the number of casualties, the Ukrainian leader says the Russians have two options to avoid this outcome: surrender or resistance. “You can avoid this by complaining to some cowards, but by your own opinion. Not in Telegram, in public. Not by complaining, but by strong opposition,” he insisted.
In regular communications, Zelensky justified the decision to seek martial law to control five companies in some of the country’s richest strategic sectors. The move was made during a meeting on Saturday, which Zelensky attended, and took effect on Sunday. The private shares of Ukrnafta, Ukrtatnafta, AvtoKrAZ, Zaporizhtransformator and Motor Sich came under the control of the Ministry of Defense.
The President of Ukraine supported it The action was “required” by the country and it took place in accordance with the laws in force. He added that it would help respond to the “needs” of the defense sector. “Some of them [empresas] Hardly worked. Now they will all work for self-defense”, he said, not ruling out similar decisions.