President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that Russia's offensive in the Kharkiv region can only be the "first wave". This was announced by the president during an interview for AFP.
According to him, Russia's offensive "may consist of several waves, there was the first wave" in the Kharkiv region.
The president noted that, in general, the situation in the Kharkiv region, where Russia captured several border villages, is "controlled", but "not stabilized".
In particular, according to his data, Russian troops penetrated 5-10 kilometers along the northeastern border before they were stopped by Ukrainian troops.
"We must be sober and understand that they are going deeper into our territory. And not vice versa. And this is still their advantage," — he said, adding that he still does not consider it a great success for the Russian Federation.
As for Kharkiv, Zelensky believes that Russian forces "want to attack" the city, although they understand that it will be "very difficult."
At the same time, speaking in China, the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, said that he has no plans to capture Kharkiv, but only pursues the goal of creating a "security zone". However, Zelensky emphasizes that Russian forces "want to attack" the city, although they understand that it will be "very difficult."
"They understand that we have forces that will fight for a long time," - explained the Ukrainian leader.
He also said that Russia does not have enough forces for "a full-scale attack on the capital, as it was at the beginning of the invasion."
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