US and Europe note Ukraine's stronger position on battlefield – Zelenskyy

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Kyiv's European and American partners have noted that Ukraine has strengthened its positions on the battlefield.

Source: Zelenskyy at a press conference in Kyiv, as reported by Ukrinform and Interfax-Ukraine

Quote: "Indeed, everyone emphasises this – without going into details now, we discussed this with the American side, with the European side, and everyone notes that we have grown stronger on the battlefield. And this enables us to be more confident in any format of future discussions with the American side, and certainly with the Russian side."

Details: Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine has strengthened its positions on the battlefield over the past 10-12 months.

"We have become stronger on the battlefield in the east as well, where the enemy is active and has increased its personnel numbers. I believe that after the elections in Russia, there will be mobilisation solely for this front," the president said.

Zelenskyy added that Ukraine supports the idea of trilateral meetings with the US and Russia, including with the involvement of Kyiv's European partners, but Russia is currently not showing sufficient willingness to agree to a specific negotiating format.

Quote: "Yes, everything possible must be done to ensure trilateral meetings take place, or trilateral meetings plus European partners, and we will see what Russia agrees to. Today it still has too much confidence, unfortunately, to think about one format or another."

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