Ukraine’s Zelensky: Any Russian Victory Could Be Perilous

If Bakhmut fell to Russian forces, their president, Vladimir Putin, would ‘sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran,’ Zelensky says.

AP/Efrem Lukatsky
President Zelensky during an interview with the Associated Press on a train traveling to Kyiv from the Sumy region, March 28, 2023. AP/Efrem Lukatsky

ON A TRAIN TO KYIV FROM SUMY, Ukraine — President Zelensky is warning that unless his nation wins a drawn-out battle in a key eastern city, Russia could begin building international support for a deal that could require Ukraine to make unacceptable compromises. He also invited the leader of China, long aligned with Russia, to visit.

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