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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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Iran: Partnership Pact with Russia Doesn’t Include Defense Clause

Tehran and Moscow have boosted their military and political cooperation in recent years. Maxim Shemetov / POOL/AFP
Tehran and Moscow have boosted their military and political cooperation in recent years. Maxim Shemetov / POOL/AFP
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Iran: Partnership Pact with Russia Doesn’t Include Defense Clause

Tehran and Moscow have boosted their military and political cooperation in recent years. Maxim Shemetov / POOL/AFP
Tehran and Moscow have boosted their military and political cooperation in recent years. Maxim Shemetov / POOL/AFP

Russia and Iran will sign a "comprehensive strategic partnership" treaty on Friday during a visit to Moscow by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, cementing ties between two of the world's most heavily sanctioned countries.
The agreement comes just three days before Iran-hawk Donald Trump enters the White House and as Moscow and Tehran seek to formalize their close relationship after years of deepening cooperation, said AFP.
Iran has supplied Russia with self-detonating "Shahed" drones that Moscow fires on Ukraine in nightly barrages, according to Ukrainian and Western officials, while both nations have ramped up trade amid Western sanctions.
The new treaty will strengthen Tehran and Moscow's "military-political and trade-economic" relations, the Kremlin said on Wednesday, without providing further detail.
Tehran has given little information about Friday's pact, but ruled out a mutual defense clause like the one included in Russia's treaty with North Korea last year, Russian state media reported, citing Tehran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi.
The two sides had been working on a new treaty for years, with their current relationship governed by a 2001 agreement that they have renewed periodically.
'Global hegemony'
Russia says its upcoming pact with Iran and the already-signed treaty with Pyongyang are "not directed against any country".
"The treaty ... is constructive in nature and is aimed at strengthening the capabilities of Russia, Iran, and our friends in various parts of the world," Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
It is set to be valid for 20 years, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Iranian ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made building ties with Iran, China and North Korea a cornerstone of his foreign policy as he seeks to challenge what he calls as US-led "global hegemony".
Both Russia and Iran are under heavy Western sanctions that include restrictions on their vital energy industries.
At a summit of the BRICS group in Kazan last year, Putin told Pezeshkian he valued "truly friendly and constructive ties" between Russia and Iran.
Pezeshkian's visit to Russia comes just days before Trump returns to power.
The US president-elect, who has made repeated military threats against Iran, is seeking a rapid end to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
The agreement comes a month after a rebel offensive overthrew Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad -- who was heavily supported by both Moscow and Tehran -- and as Israel and Iran's ally Hamas gear up for a ceasefire in Gaza.