As Western countries cut their support for Ukraine, Zelensky's prospects have become bleak. The Russian army launched a fierce offensive against the Ukrainian army in Redman, Kupyansk, Avdeyevka and other places, constantly advancing the front line.
To Zelensky's consternation, Russia has reached out to NATO through diplomatic channels. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will lead a delegation to North Macedonia and will attend the OSCE Foreign Ministers' Meeting and visit North Macedonia.
Although Ukraine, Poland, the Baltics and other countries refused to allow the Russian foreign minister to participate in the OSCE foreign ministers' meeting, most NATO countries agreed to communicate with Russia, and some even welcomed the arrival of the Russian foreign minister.
Zelensky** had hoped that the Ukrainian army could once again achieve a victory like the "Great Victory in Kharkiv Oblast", but in the 4 months**, the Ukrainian army only recaptured a dozen small villages, and the biggest result was the recapture of the village of Lobodine in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses, ** more than 90,000 soldiers, losses of 180,000 sets of military equipment, including 557 tanks.
In order to stabilize the domestic situation, Zelensky personally went to the front line of the firefight, inspected the Kupyansk front-line command post, and awarded medals to meritorious soldiers. Ukraine was forced to go on the defensive and was no longer able to go on the offensive.
Objectively speaking, Goncharenko's remarks have a certain degree of plausibility. After arriving at the front line, Zelensky said that Ukraine will fully build fortifications along the borders with Russia and Belarus in the east and north, and eventually build the entire country into a fortress.
Zelensky tried to delay the offensive of the Russian army by building the "Great Wall". In order to stabilize the morale of the military, he declared that Ukraine would not agree to a truce as long as Russia did not withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory. He plans to enlist the support of the international community at the 2024 Tokyo Conference on the Promotion of Ukraine's Economic Reconstruction.
Regarding the idea of Western countries to promote Russian-Ukrainian negotiations, Zelensky plans to spend half a year to formulate a peace document and force Russia to retreat with the help of the international community. However, with Russia increasingly favorable, Putin has agreed to increase military spending in 2024 to 170% in 2023.
Therefore, Russia may not consider a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine if Ukraine does not make significant concessions.
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