Zelenskyy says Putin lives in a different reality after Russian claim on Donbas
Briefing by News4U · First published
Today Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that after he received the second report from Ukraine's negotiating team following their meetings in Abu Dhabi, the team told him that Russian military officers and Russian intelligence claimed they had already occupied half of Donbas, which remains under Ukrainian control, and were serious about it. He said Putin "lives in a different reality" and will tell the Americans he needs one or two months to fully occupy the east of Ukraine. Zelenskyy said the American side confirmed the Ukrainian assessment of the battlefield, and that tomorrow the teams will discuss the possibility of meeting at the level of leaders, though he was not sure that Russia is ready. [1]