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Zelensky: Russia Must Prepare its Society to the Fact it Will Lose Ukrainian Territories

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (DPA)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (DPA)
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Zelensky: Russia Must Prepare its Society to the Fact it Will Lose Ukrainian Territories

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (DPA)
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (DPA)

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said the Ukrainian troops are advancing step by step towards liberating their country.

He then affirmed that Ukraine expects new pledges of military assistance from its allies in the next few days.

In his nightly video address, Zelensky said Russia’s only concern now should be how to prepare the Russian society, to the fact that they will lose everything and that they are destroying the future of their state.

“Russia will lose the occupied territories. There is no and will be no alternative to our steps for de-occupation,” he stated.

Zelensky then mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin who claimed on Friday from St. Petersburg that Russia had successfully destroyed five American Patriot air defense systems near Kyiv.

According to American media outlets, there are only two such systems in Ukraine.

Zelensky said that not a single US Patriot air defense system has been destroyed in Ukraine, and that nearly 36 missiles and about 50 attack drones were destroyed over the past week.

 

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Pakistan Says Clashes with Neighbor India Killed More Than 50 

Villagers look for the fragments in a crater outside a house damaged by a cross-border shelling last week at Kot Maira, a border village in Jammu region, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)
Villagers look for the fragments in a crater outside a house damaged by a cross-border shelling last week at Kot Maira, a border village in Jammu region, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)
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Pakistan Says Clashes with Neighbor India Killed More Than 50 

Villagers look for the fragments in a crater outside a house damaged by a cross-border shelling last week at Kot Maira, a border village in Jammu region, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)
Villagers look for the fragments in a crater outside a house damaged by a cross-border shelling last week at Kot Maira, a border village in Jammu region, May 12, 2025. (Reuters)

Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a ceasefire agreed by the nuclear-armed neighbors, restoring peace to their border.

The arch rivals fired missiles and drones targeting each other's military installations after India said it struck "terrorist infrastructure" sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday in retaliation for an attack on tourists.

Pakistan said the targets were all civilian. Its military said the dead in the attacks comprised 40 civilians and 11 of its armed forces.

India has said at least five military personnel and 16 civilians died.

Both agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday, following diplomacy and pressure from the United States.

The Indian military has said its bases are operational, despite minor damage.

It was a "very special experience to be with those who epitomize courage, determination and fearlessness", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, in comments posted on X accompanying photographs of his visit to the Adampur air base.

The base near the border in India's northern state of Punjab is a strategic location for its air force.

On Monday, Modi warned Pakistan that New Delhi would again target "terrorist hideouts" across the border if there were new attacks on India and would not be deterred by what he called Islamabad's "nuclear blackmail".

India blames Pakistan for an attack in Kashmir on April 22 targeting Hindu tourists that killed 26 men. Islamabad denies the accusations.

Hindu-majority India and Muslim Pakistan both rule part of the Himalayan region of Kashmir, but claim it in full.

The neighbors have fought two of their three wars since independence in 1947 over the region and there have been several other limited flare-ups, including in 1999 and 2019.

India has said the military operations chiefs of both nations spoke by telephone on Monday, reiterating their commitment to halt firing and consider steps to reduce troops on the border. Pakistan has not provided details of the call.