"War is not a cinema": Zelensky spoke of a long war in Ukraine (photo)

According to the President, the war is a daily hard work of Ukrainian defenders who cannot lower their hands even in the face of a long struggle. For many people, the events of war are perceived as a movie, with the expectation of rapid change and daily surprises, but reality is quite different. On November 20, the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said to foreign journalists of Ukraine, the press service of the OP. According to Zelensky, the war will take more time than many expect.

"For some reason, people treat this like a movie and expect that there will be no long pauses in the events that the picture will always change before the eyes, there will be some surprises every day. Daily hard work. And everything will end as fast as we would like, but we have no right to lower our hands and we will not do it, "the President said.

It is reported that the Head of State met with foreign journalists, including Fox Corporation CEO, Laclan Murdock, Fox News journalists Benjamin Holle and The Sun Zhemus Starky. The President shared with the Western media information about the current situation on the battlefield, emphasizing the high spirit and determination of the Ukrainian people. He noted that it is important to keep the world's attention to the struggle of Ukraine for freedom and preservation of the state.

Zelensky emphasized the importance of the work of journalists, operators and other media representatives on the forefront. "Because it is a hybrid war, information in Russian hands is also a weapon," the Ukrainian leader said. It is also reported that Zelensky presented the Benjamin Hall Order of Merit III and expressed gratitude to Laclan Murdock for his support, emphasizing her importance in conditions when the world's attention was blurred by other events.

It is worth noting that in the spring of 2022 a group of journalists FOX News came under Russian shelling in the Kiev region. As a result, the operator Pierre Zakrzhevsky and the Ukrainian Fixer Alexander Kuvshinov were killed. Benjamin Hall was seriously injured.