The Intelligence: Volodymyr Zelensky on Ukraine’s year ahead
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🗓️ 2 January 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As Vladimir Putin promises to intensify Russia’s attacks, Mr Zelensky is frustrated at the wavering support from the West. Speaking to The Economist from his situation room, Ukraine’s wartime leader is defiantly optimistic, urging partners to remember that the country faces a terroristic, existential threat.
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| 1:26.5 | Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, is promising to intensify strikes on Ukraine. |
| 1:32.3 | We, from our side, will notherstive the |
| 1:36.3 | of the other words, and we also want to finish consulate. |
| 1:39.3 | Speaking at a military hospital yesterday, he claimed that a Ukrainian air attack on the city of Belgorod |
| 1:45.0 | sought to intimidate Russia and was a deliberate strike against civilians. |
| 1:51.0 | On the Ukrainian side, forces say that they shot down 35 drones over their territory last night. |
| 2:08.6 | Yet, missiles have still hit the cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv. |
| 2:15.6 | Mr. Putin claims that Russia's real enemy is the West, which he says has set the task |
| 2:23.3 | of dealing with Russia, but that Russia will deal with them faster. |
| 2:32.3 | And he says that the war is swinging in Russia's favor. |
| 2:38.2 | Ukraine's president, Vladimir Zelensky, disagrees. |
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