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Zelenskiy says Ukrainian battlefield successes strengthen Kyiv's position in talks

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On November 9, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that recent Ukrainian military successes are bolstering their negotiating stance ahead of negotiations with Russian and US officials scheduled for Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. Zelenskiy highlighted significant losses suffered by Russian forces and emphasized the effectiveness of Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian targets. The talks aim to address the ongoing war, which has lasted over four years, focusing on prisoner exchanges and humanitarian issues according to Ukraine’s chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov.
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Russian NORP · 7× Ukrainian NORP · 7× Russia GPE · 6× Ukraine GPE · 6× Zelenskiy PERSON · 6× Kyiv GPE · 3× Abu Dhabi GPE · 2× Mykhailo Drapatyi PERSON · 1× Volodymyr Zelenskiy PERSON · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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"Every task that is fully accomplished, every defensive operation that increases Ukraine's strength and delivers results, strengthens Ukraine and, above all, strengthens us in negotiations." Zelenskiy said top Ukrainian military commander Mykhailo Drapatyi had presented a report on Ukrainian military positions underscoring heavy recent losses by Russian forces.
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The talks with Russian and US negotiators, opening on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, will be the first since February aimed at bringing closer an end to the more than 4-1/2-year-old war.
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Zelenskiy says Ukrainian battlefield successes strengthen Kyiv's position in talks · assertive framing

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Zelenskiy says Ukrainian battlefield successes strengthen Kyiv's position in talks Nov 9 - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, on the eve of US-led, three-sided talks on resolving the war with Russia, that Ukrainian battlefield successes and mounting Russian losses were strengthening Kyiv's position in negotiations. asserted
successes → say → negotiations
The talks with Russian and US negotiators, opening on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, will be the first since February aimed at bringing closer an end to the more than 4-1/2-year-old war. asserted
talks → open → war
"Ukrainian forces are currently genuinely strengthening Ukraine's negotiating position," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address. asserted
Zelenskiy → strengthen → address
"Every task that is fully accomplished, every defensive operation that increases Ukraine's strength and delivers results, strengthens Ukraine and, above all, strengthens us in negotiations." Zelenskiy said top Ukrainian military commander Mykhailo Drapatyi had presented a report on Ukrainian military positions underscoring heavy recent losses by Russian forces. asserted
Drapatyi → accomplish → forces
And he said Ukraine's long-range strikes on Russian targets, including oil industry sites, were also working. asserted
strikes → say → sites
"These days, our defenders, both men and women, are achieving record results in eliminating Russian occupiers. asserted
defenders → achieve → occupiers
Russia is suffering record losses on the front, every day and every week," Zelenskiy said. asserted
Zelenskiy → suffer → front
"We are responding to Russia's war in a fully justified manner and demonstrating that this war must end. asserted
war → respond → manner
Russia can do this. asserted
Russia → do → this
It can end its war. asserted
It → end → war
It is important that the United States convince Russia of precisely this." asserted
States → convince → this
The 1,200-km (775-mile) front line in the war has remained fairly static for many months and Ukrainian officials say Russia's slow, long-running westward advance through the eastern Donetsk region has slowed further. asserted
advance → remain → region
Zelenskiy last month pointed to successes in offensive operations in specific theatres. asserted
Zelenskiy → point → theatres
Russian forces hold about 20% of Ukrainian territory and President Vladimir Putin says Moscow's objective remains to bring all of the eastern Donbas region under its control. asserted
objective → hold → control
Russian commanders say their forces are continuing to advance on all sectors of the front and dismiss any suggestion that Ukraine's military is making headway in recapturing territory. asserted
military → say → territory
Earlier, Zelenskiy's chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, said while on his way to Abu Dhabi that maintaining the diplomatic process was important at the talks and Kyiv would focus on prisoner exchanges and other humanitarian issues. asserted
Kyiv → say → exchanges
Ukraine's delegation to the talks is being led by Rustem Umerov, the head of foreign intelligence. asserted
delegation → lead → intelligence
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