President Zelensky: Ukraine prepares a new counteroffensive in the Black Sea and special operations zone

According to Ria Novosti news agency, in an interview with Fox News on February 23, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a new counterattack in the Black Sea and special operations zone.

“We will do it,” President Zelensky affirmed, adding that the counterattack would “surprise” Russia.

President Zelensky added that ending the conflict by diplomatic means would only happen if Russia accepted Ukraine's peace formula.

"The signal is that we do not want to repeat the Minsk Agreement. We do not accept a new frozen conflict. We do not believe in that agreement," the Ukrainian leader said.

The peace formula that President Zelensky mentioned includes 10 proposals made at the end of 2022, aimed at ending the conflict with Russia. Among these proposals are the demand for Russia to withdraw all troops, restore territorial integrity and pay war reparations to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council on February 23 (New York time), Russian permanent representative Vasily Nebenzya said that it is still possible to protect Ukraine "in some form", but this must be a peaceful and neutral country.

The West has a choice, the Russian diplomat pointed out: will Russia have to fight to the end for this, or "Washington, London and Brussels and they will try to save at least something from Ukraine" .

Mr. Vasily Nebenzya also warned that the West would have to answer for what it had done to Ukraine, calling President Zelensky's "peace formula" "fake and not worth wasting time."

Nebenzya stressed that without real negotiations based on a realistic assessment of the situation on the ground, the goals of Russia's special military operation would still be achieved./.