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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been visiting troops fighting in the northeast on Tuesday and met commanders to discuss the battlefield situation.
While Zelenskyy did not give the exact location of the the visit, he did say he met soldiers fighting in the Kupiansk-Lyman sector where Russian forces have been staging attacks.
“We met with brigade and battalion commanders to discuss the battlefield situation, pressing issues, and needs,” Zelenskyy said on social media.
The post showed him meeting brigade members in a poorly lit room.
“Each of our combat brigades, each warrior who destroys the occupiers with every step forward, asserts that the Ukrainian victory will surely come. They are the control,” Zelenskyy said. “I thank them for their service!”
The office of the president also posted video footage that showed Zelenskyy at various times during the visit.
Zelenskyy inspected foreign-supplied weapons, including German-manufactured Leopard 2 tanks, which Kyiv lobbied its allies hard for before receiving them this year.
Kupiansk and the surrounding areas of the northeastern region of Kharkiv were recaptured by Ukrainian forces in September 2022. However, Moscow has since pushed back into the region.
Zelenskyy, who has regularly visited troops since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, also handed out awards.
He urged recipients not to lose “the motivation with which you so firmly defend the sovereignty of our state and the future of our generations.”
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