KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed in his New Yr’s deal with on Sunday (Dec 31) to wreak “wrath” towards Russian forces in 2024, regardless of what he stated have been makes an attempt to “undermine” help for Kyiv.
His message got here lower than 72 hours after Moscow launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, killing 39 individuals in one of many greatest aerial assaults for the reason that conflict started.
“Subsequent yr, the enemy will really feel the wrath of home manufacturing,” Zelenskyy stated in his televised deal with, which featured clips of Ukrainian artillery and fighter jets.
Ukraine could have at the very least “one million” further drones in its arsenal subsequent yr, Zelenskyy added, in addition to F-16 fighter jets delivered by its Western companions.
“Our pilots are already mastering F-16 jets, and we will certainly see them in our skies,” he stated, “In order that our enemies can definitely see what our actual wrath is.”
With the conflict now getting into its third calendar yr, Zelenskyy has urged his Western allies to maintain up help amid growing indicators of fatigue with the battle.
“Ukrainians are stronger than any intrigues, any makes an attempt to decrease international solidarity, to undermine the coalition of our allies,” Zelenskyy cautioned in his message.
Regardless of billions of {dollars}’ price of Western weapons, Ukraine struggled to make a serious breakthrough in its 2023 counteroffensive towards invading Russian forces.
Moscow has in the meantime ramped up stress alongside the frontlines, capturing the jap city of Marinka earlier in December and pushing for management of Kupiansk within the northeast.
Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t broach the conflict in Ukraine throughout his New Yr’s Eve deal with, which was noticeably scaled again in comparison with final yr’s.
