This is reported by the Financial Times newspaper.

According to Zelensky, Ukraine is inferior to Russia “in terms of technology”, therefore it is unable to go on the offensive.

Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a meeting announced the liberation of a significant part of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics on the left bank of the Seversky Donets.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin shares an optimistic attitude about the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine.