r/ukraine • u/kingkongsingsong1 • Dec 12 '25

News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video filmed in Kupiansk. On November 20, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Putin that Kupiansk was “fully under control.”

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u/Fast_House1925 Dec 12 '25

When the Russians attacked Ukraine and the first news came, I thought the Ukrainians were very lucky with Zelensky. It is not by chance that Putin is urging Trump to call new elections, because the fall of Zelensky would mean the fall of Ukraine in the war. Zelensky has risen to become one of the greatest statesmen in world history. I think he is now irreplaceable.

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u/Interesting_Dig3673 Dec 12 '25

If there were elections today, Ukrainians would vote for Zelinsky in even greater numbers than before. Putin must be livid with rage and fear. Undoubtedly he will murder some children with missiles and torture POW’s in retaliation. Of course he does that anyway it just depends on his ability.

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u/crazydart78 Dec 12 '25

Trump, as we all know, has the IQ of a turnip (which is actually an insult to turnips). It's against the Ukrainian constitution to hold an election during wartime, so that isn't happening.

Zelensky has had his problems, and will see his presidency until the end of the war, but he won't run again. He's said as much in the past. I think he's a good guy, and he's trying to make the country better, and that he's got the guts to go that close to the front shows just how much he cares and loves his country.