US EditionZelenskyy Visits Troops Near Zaporizhzhia Front as Russian Pressure Mounts
Zelenskiy warned of urgent defense needs after significant Russian advances threaten Zaporizhzhia and Ukrainian units face manpower shortages, officials said.
- On Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops near the village of Orikhiv, awarded medals, met soldiers in a bunker, and discussed staffing and equipment with military commanders.
- With unusual candour, Oleksandr Syrskyi said earlier this week the situation had significantly worsened, noting no major breakthroughs since the war's first year, while Russian forces probe weak points amid fog and recent gains near Huliapole and Velyka Novosilka.
- In recent months, Ukraine has targeted Russian oil infrastructure, hitting an oil terminal in occupied Crimea and using the Flamingo missile, cutting 20% of Russia's refinery capacity.
- Moscow's forces control 19% of Ukraine and have pushed since late 2023, closing in on Pokrovsk and Kupiansk while risking isolation of Ukrainian units near Zaporizhzhia.
- Facing blackouts at home, Zelenskiy's government reels from an energy-sector corruption scandal while intensifying strikes on Russian oil infrastructure to cut Russian oil revenue.
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