Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has predicted a "rapid de-occupation" of his country this winter as the Russians "are fleeing in some directions."
During his speech at the 17th meeting of the Yalta European Strategy, held on Friday, Zelensky said that "the winter period can be a turning point in the liberation of the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia."
"But for this our army needs a systematic supply of the necessary types of weapons," the Ukrainian president was quoted as saying on the presidential website.
“I think this winter is a turning point and it can lead to rapid unemployment of Ukraine. We see how [the occupants] are fleeing in some directions. If we were a little stronger with weapons, we could vacate faster," she has said.
Zelensky has stressed that the Ukrainian army will only advance, liberating the territory of Ukraine from the invaders. "We are always ready to defend our land," he said.
