Ukraine war: Zelensky says Israel-Gaza conflict taking focus away from fighting

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Ukraine war: Zelensky says Israel-Gaza conflict taking focus away from fighting
bbc.co.uk

The Israel-Gaza war is "taking away the focus" from the conflict in Ukraine, the country's President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted.

He said this was "one of the goals" of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

And he denied that fighting in Ukraine had reached a stalemate, despite a recent assessment to this effect by the country's top military general.

Ukraine's counter-offensive in the south has so far made little headway.

This has prompted fears of war fatigue among Kyiv's Western allies, with suggestions of growing reluctance in some capitals to continue giving Ukraine advanced weapons and funds.

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The problem is they are also the aggressor and have been for decades.

Hamas and the Israeli government are both fucking awful.

Feels like a stretch to call carpet bombing civilians a great job.

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