Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Russian Defense Ministry Says Zelensky is “Divorced from Reality”


(MENAFN) Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky is either “divorced from reality” after being misled by his military commanders or intentionally deceiving his population, according to the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday.

The statement was issued in response to Zelensky’s remarks regarding the situation in Kupyansk, where he claimed that Moscow’s forces were being pushed back. Contrarily, the Russian military asserted that the opposite was occurring.

“The head of the Kiev regime is fully divorced from reality and, after hearing untrue reports from [armed forces Commander-in-Chief Aleksandr] Syrsky has no command of the operative situation on the ground,” the Russian statement noted.

The ministry added, “Alternatively, he realizes the desperate situation and the true position of the Ukrainian armed forces in Kupyansk. That is why he is trying to keep hiding the truth from the people of Ukraine and his Western sponsors at the cost of ignoble deaths of thousands of Ukrainian troops.”

Furthermore, the ministry implied that Kiev might be delaying action to secure and misappropriate additional aid from the West.

It claimed that the circumstances are worsening for Ukrainian soldiers, who are allegedly left with no option but to surrender to Russian forces.

Earlier, Zelensky stated that the Russian military near Kupyansk was limited to only 60 troops and asserted that the Ukrainian military had a plan for executing a “swipe” of the region, which he declined to reveal.

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