Russia is preparing a new mobilization. Zelensky: Ukraine needs to strengthen its defense and relies on international support
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his speech on Tuesday evening that Russia is preparing a new mobilization and a new offensive. Ukraine, according to Zelensky, needs to strengthen its defense and counts on international support.
"We started this year with what Ukraine needs most right now, on the eve of new mobilization processes prepared by the terrorist state. Now is the time when, together with our partners, we must strengthen our defenses. We have no doubt that the current masters of Russia will throw everything they have left and everyone they can muster into the fray to try to turn the tide of the war or at least postpone their defeat. We must disrupt this Russian scenario. We are preparing for it. The terrorists must lose. Any attempt at a new offensive of theirs must fail. This will be the final defeat of the terrorist state. Russia mobilizes those it wants to throw to death, we mobilize the civilized world. For the sake of life. I thank all partners who understand this," said Volodymyr Zelensky. The Ukrainian president stated that he had talks with four international leaders whose help is very important: the prime minister of Canada, the prime minister of Great Britain, the prime minister of Norway and the prime minister of the Netherlands. Zelenski announced that Norway will supply Ukraine with gas, as well as weapons, and Norway's role "can become truly historic in the defense of Europe." Russia's Soldiers' Widows Association has called on President Vladimir Putin to order general mobilization in the country and institute a ban on men of military age leaving Russia, according to The Moscow Times. The authors of the text demand "that men of incorporation age be prohibited from being able to go outside the country." The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (GUR), Kirilo Budanov, had previously said that the Russian authorities could trigger a new wave of mobilization immediately after the New Year, on January 5 or 9, according to Hotnews.ro.
