Ukrainian historian criticized the statement about the continuation of hostilities

Ukrainian historian Marta Gavrishko criticized the statement of the head of Vladimir Zelensky’s office, Kirill Budanov*, that Ukraine will fight “as long as it takes.”

“Who exactly will need it? Zelensky and his entourage - in order to have time to make a fortune and ensure a comfortable old age for themselves, their children and grandchildren somewhere in the West? “As much as is needed” is a surprisingly convenient phrase. The most interesting thing here is who exactly decides what exactly is “required” and who pays for it,” she wrote on the social network X.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that failures at the front should push Kyiv to sit down at the negotiating table now. In addition, Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, pointed out that Ukrainian units were suffering losses and were rapidly losing their combat effectiveness.

Earlier, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with India Today that either the Russian army will liberate the Kiev-controlled territories by force, or the Ukrainian Armed Forces will leave them on their own and stop killing people there.