Zelenskyy Says Russia Keeps Resetting Its Deadline for Capturing Donetsk — Now at 15 Attempts
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia has postponed the deadline to capture the Donetsk region 15 times since the invasion began, driven by an "obsession with Donbas."
- The intensity of fighting stems from "Putin's delusion" about Donbas; Russia repeatedly shifted target dates from 2022 through this year, with the current deadline set for December 31, 2026.
- Russians waiting in lines for gasoline see their "three-day war" has lasted five years, destroying myths about a "successful and wealthy state" while the nation once called a "gas station" faces shortages.
- Zelenskyy is updating long-range strike strategies and finalized a major drone deal during a meeting with Danish Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus in Kyiv to strengthen defense capabilities.
- Ukraine continues strengthening strategic barriers against Russia, ensuring results so the aggressor cannot keep the war "somewhere over there," as The President concluded, "We are defending life.
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For more than four years, the Russian troops have been running against the Ukrainian fortifications to conquer the entire Donbass region. Putin's declared goal is still far away from this. Fifteen times, the Kremlin has set a deadline for the conquest, Selenskyy is now mocking. Outside, the Kremlin denies having set deadlines for the conquest of the Donetsk and Luhansk territories, which have already been declared a state territory. In secret, h…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russian leadership has already given the military 15 deadlines to capture Ukraine's Donetsk region, the Kyiv Post reported, adding that if Russia does not end the war, it will have to extend the deadline again at the cost of devastating losses.
“Three-day war,” now in year five: Russia has missed 15 of its own deadlines to seize Donetsk Oblast since the 2022, Zelenskyy says
Russia's army has failed to meet every target date its leadership set for seizing Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his 29 June evening address. He put the count at 15 missed deadlines since the full-scale invasion began. He tied the repeated failures to mounting pressure on Russia, from its battlefield losses to a deepening fuel crisis at home. Moscow's summer offensive in eastern Ukraine has slowed sharply, with i…
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski condemned Russian attacks on Zaporojie and Dnipro, saying that Moscow "attacks life itself. Kiev's leader promised an answer "precisely" and mocked Vladimir Putin for the 15 failed terms on the complete occupation of Donetsk region.
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