Volodymr Zelensky told the BBC that Kyiv's military operations had been hampered by 77,000 square miles of territory that had been mined by Russian forces.
"Despite the fact that our troops are advancing in several directions of the south, the enemy is concentrating its efforts in the east and continues to advance there," she said as Moscow's troops sought to reach the borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.On Wednesday she said on Telegram that offensive actions in the Melitopol and Berdiansk areashas contacted the Russian defense ministry for comment.
In his BBC interview Zelensky also made the case for Ukraine to receive U.S-made F-16s. He also reiterated the need for Kyiv to be give security guarantees fromAhead of its summit next month in Vilnius, alliance secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said there was no plan to invite Ukraine to join NATO.
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