Zelensky Says Putin Aims to Weaken Ukrainian Resistance With Air Strikes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking to weaken Ukraine’s resistance by escalating air strikes.

Zelensky said the intensified attacks were targeting the capital, Kyiv, as well as other Ukrainian cities.

He portrayed the escalation as an effort to undermine Ukraine’s ability to resist, linking Russia’s aerial campaign to that broader objective.

His remarks focused on what he described as Putin’s intent behind the strikes, rather than on the outcome of any individual attack.