Zelenskiy denies Ukrainian general’s claim war is at stalemate
by Sam Jones and Luke Harding from on (#6G4NG)
President says Ukraine must keep fighting, and aide says general's comments make aggressor's job easier'
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has denied a suggestion from the Ukrainian military's commander-in-chief that the war with Russia has reached a stalemate, and a senior spokesperson for his administration has rebuked the general in question and accused him of making the aggressor's job easier".
Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi had offered his blunt assessment of the situation in an interview published this week. Just like in the first world war, we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate," he told the Economist, adding: There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough."
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