The intensity of assaults and the scale of confrontation are not what the Russians had planned and promised to their political leadership.

This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his evening address on March 16.

“Our strength at the front is the strength of absolutely all Ukrainian positions, our communication with the world, our diplomacy, and the ability of the world to stand with us, no matter the challenges.

I thank every one of our units in the Donetsk direction, everyone defending Ukraine in the Kharkiv region and along the border areas of Sumy region.

The Zaporizhzhia direction is important. Russians are trying to build up their forces there, but we are destroying them.

I thank our Air Assault Forces and all other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine: infantry, all unmanned units, artillery, intelligence, special forces, the National Guard, and the National Police, which are also involved”, — the President noted.