"You need to stop them": the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were drawn to two regions - Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has informed that Russia has increased the group in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. According to him, the forces of defense can "take the initiative" from the enemy, but on one condition. Russia increases the grouping of its troops, but the enemy is "not as good" as he expected. This was stated during a briefing on May 9 by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as reported in the publication "Ukrainian Truth".

"With increasing weapons supply, we will be able to stop them in the East. There is an initiative now. It is not a secret. We need to stop them and take the initiative into our own hands. This can only be done when there is something strong in our hands," he said. The politician assured that the defense forces would stop the Russian initiative as soon as they receive weapons. However, using this moment of the Russian Federation increased troops both in the east and in the north. "Everywhere.

Kharkiv region, Sumy region. They increase something everywhere," Zelensky said. He noted that the main thing is that Ukraine sees the number of occupied troops. According to the leader, in Russia, "not all very good as they believed. " International partners are also familiar with these realities. "Then we did not see something, we work quickly. We work quickly, share intelligence information and pay attention to the strengthening of our borders, or our borders," the President explained.

He added that only the strengthening of defense forces on the front will give "possibility of advantage". This requires military assistance faster. We will remind, on May 9, analyst Julian Ryopke reported that Russian invaders entered the village of Umanske in Donetsk region and installed a flag of the USSR there. The major of the National Guard Alexei Hetman noted that the issue of fortifications "for some reason went to the background.