President Zelensky visits new frontline defences in Donetsk

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday (April 19) visited the frontline Donetsk region in Ukraine's east and held a meeting on the defence situation.
He said on X that he also visited a paratroopers' medical platoon and examined the construction of fortifications: "Every effort must be made in this regard."
Twenty-five months into Moscow's full-scale invasion, Ukraine is on the back foot, and Russian troops are inching forward.
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[@projectdcb7525]

Dame is this Hollywood setup

[@rous914]

Last time he visited Mariupol, Bakhmut, and Avdeevka, it didn’t end so well.

[@lw1zfog]

‘the curse of zionliesky’

[@KnowMe327]

That's what I'm thinking 😂 He is giving some farewell to the land😂

[@jaxonl7810]

Kherson forever russia NOT

[@al-paciyes5722]

Is this part of Netflix series?

[@rakeshsv8579]

😂😂😂😂 good one

[@MrRamkulov]

On Netflix Zelensky will be a BLACK WOMAN

[@lw1zfog]

it’s all about that ‘suspension of disbelief’

[@user-kl8ef2fu7q]

Yes it's call Putin's special military operations

[@Sandy-fg]

In few months zelensky visits his own house which is new frontline

[@claus4952]

in a few months there will be no more Ukraine

[@israelforreal]

Now the ads cover the videos while playing in addition to playing before them. KZbin steers downwards

[@Bill-ed1hr]

Every town he visits falls

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Another vatnik lie

[@herlenicecold]

😭😥

[@brandonlance3601]

A fab 1500 costs 2800 dollars, I wonder what this fortification costs?

[@SuckMyPlums]

Now leave him there! See if he can fight his way out huh.

[@user-fi6xy1ji8l]

i wonder what the jet cost once ukraine shoot it down

[@DudeDudeDudeDudeDude]

17th like

[@DudeDudeDudeDudeDude]

​@user-fi6xy1ji8l the glide bombs can be launched from far behind russias lines. Too far for ukrainian anti air

[@ahmedkarage9633]

I was wondering the same thing, there's fab 3000 and 5000. All this war for what. At this point, it's just to save face.

[@aleksandarjokic2918]

now he is explaining to Zelensky for how many seconds Russians will destroy this chicken coop

[@ovwieogheneobie2998]

I wonder if this fortification can withstand fab 1500

[@timothypeterson1903]

Definitely not the FAB 3000s 🤣

[@TengoMetekhi]

@@timothypeterson1903 The are not withstanding them and this is why Russians advanced 9 kilometres in two years.

[@zoom777]

​@@TengoMetekhiAnd Ukraine has retaken Crimea a few times.😂😂😂

[@TengoMetekhi]

@@zoom777 Why so fast? Russian Black Sea fleet just fled Crimea.

[@juzloopz24]

The same fortifications Russia used to enforce their own frontlines tbf. There comes to a point where u can't manufacture any more glide bombs then Russia would have to use their ground troops again and get decimated just like how Ukraine got decimated in the counter-offensive

[@ikechukwuogbu9306]

Just like he visited Mariopul, then he visited Bakhmut, and adivkha, and Charsiv Yar......

[@KnowMe327]

Zelensky - I need to see this land for one last time. Never ending series....😅

[@mambapopenhoffer8706]

[Circus music playing in the background]

[@felipecarvalho9221]

😂 I screamed

[@elliot2869]

I heard it too as soon as I started reading your comment

[@den2242]

Who will win: this fortification or one FAB-1500?

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

The russian aircraft has to avoid getting shot down first 😂

[@toyotahonda2618]

@@Aaron-rw3lv They are literally flying all over the place, Russian drones are flying and filming 100km inside Ukrainian territory over bases and air fields without any repercussions. Ukraine has zero AA left lol!

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

@@toyotahonda2618 why can’t russia make any gains then 😂

[@toyotahonda2618]

@@Aaron-rw3lv They are advancing every where on the front.

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

@@toyotahonda2618 taking heavy losses for inches that they end up losing isn’t advancing. russia hasn’t captured anything since 2022 since then they got kicked out of the North and pushed across the Dnipro losing the only regional capital they captured.

[@newyork8415]

News is that the leopards have been withdrawn from the frontline. Miiiiiiiaaaaaauuuuuuu.

[@toyotahonda2618]

From "British tanks will sweep Putin's conscripts aside" to "building new fortifications to slow down Russian advance".... LOL! I feel like im living in the Matrix

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

From taking Ukraine in 3 days to a 2 year invasion that still has no end in sight. Meanwhile Putin expended 16k troops just to capture a pile of rubble and he won't even tell every widow their loved one has died. Pathetic behaviour.

[@sebastiaanl9876]

From normal KZbin comments to 2 years nonstop propaganda bot accounts

[@corebabajustin1238]

@@sebastiaanl9876Seems like everyones a bot now. Im included. Комментарий от Российская Федерация

[@DudeDudeDudeDudeDude]

47th like

[@Kyoshi23]

Every time he shows up in frontline to boost morale, it has adverse effects and the town would soon be liberated😂😂

[@shbfy]

interesting use of the word liberated

[@Aurxa09]

Liberated from what😂 enlighten me pls

[@MC-el2us]

Ok Sergei

[@feodosiyaonline1555]

Is the counter-offensive still ongoing? Or is this a heroic counter-defense?

[@strechinpick]

LOL what a joke!

[@JohnSmith-jj2yd]

Not exactly the Hindenburg Line... I hope there's a lot more depth to these than they're showing...

[@zubayeribnakhan7523]

Whenever he visits someplace where battle is ongoing , it falls. This place is next in line.

[@AndrewLambert-wi8et]

INTERESTING LUXOURY TRENCHES BUILT BY UKRAINE. ONE COULD EASILY LIVE IN THOSE. IS THAT ALSO A NATO IDEA?

[@user-mi4hd7le4w]

Палата представителей США приняла законопроект о конфискации активов РФ в пользу Украины. Если там нет каких-то серьезных оговорок, миф о неприкосновенности частной собственности на Западе разрушен. А китайцы и арабы, имеющие активы на Западе, будут искать возможности поскорее вывести их и бежать в золото. И это уже будет проблема Трампа. Похоже, демократы решили жить по принципу: после нас хоть трава не расти. Произошел окончательный слом мифа о Западе, как о юридически адекватном партнере.

[@bobwoods1302]

Russia still hasn't taken Ukraine?!! What's the hold up?

[@RyanBrown-nx8dw]

Diddnt u spend 20 years in afganistan ND accomplish nothing?

[@wolfwalkerz6978]

The Ukrainians sheer willpower and determination to defend their country. That is what's holding up Russia's conquest of Ukraine.

[@dnmra3142]

@@RyanBrown-nx8dw Cope harder ivan xD

[@prajwal1341]

@@dnmra3142 cope ? who is coping right now

[@VasilManikatov]

Maybe Boris Johnson can answer that .... its because of him

[@thetaexali9550]

Was it bought from B&Q?

[@trollingvegans-jy5ri]

People forget this man wants marina ambramovic to be ambassador, and to work with Ukraine. Now that’s weird asf

[@lw1zfog]

everyone wants to forget ‘Sarah Ashton Cirillo’

[@nitintomar771]

visited with 0 sound, scared hell

[@Pantatbusuk-bf9xp]

Kira itu sudah sempadan laa ya....goods....

[@thomassmith8891]

Image calling that the front line 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 did the boys Polish the dirt for is visit. 😂😂😂

[@user-nf9sc7lh9d]

This defence looks solid.

[@herlenicecold]

amd lost solid too😂

[@user-kl8ef2fu7q]

He should visit Russia maybe the same thing would happen when he visited bakmut

[@riskanoviana4879]

HIDUP RUSIA HANCURLAH BARAT!

[@potapenkovalexander]

Russian trolls - the most formidable weapon in Putin arsenal. 😂

[@12Hitler]

Russia is out of ammo 😂

[@ryannoble4789]

When NATO abandoned Afghanistan is told all its enemies that it will cut and run when it drags on for too long.

[@michaelhartzel5855]

Can somebody help me… I’m looking for that footage of Putin visiting the front line…(🙄🐓)

[@richardmarsden5610]

Putin pays surprise visit to Mariupol and command center in Rostov-on-Don kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5_WXqGmo7pjkJo

[@richardmarsden5610]

Putin drives a Mercedes across Kerch Bridge in Crimea weeks after explosion kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJSngZpvgZ56has

[@user-hk2jx5mj6z]

Doesn't protect against drones

[@user-fi6xy1ji8l]

storm z meat goats are gonna have trouble taking this bad boy

[@lw1zfog]

‘spring offensive’ ... ‘a real game changer’ ‘summer offensive’ ... ‘a real game changer’ ‘autumn offensive’ ... ‘a real game changer‘ ..... rinse/repeat, whilst the M.I.C. $hekels keep on flowing. ‘$lava, $lava !’

[@negombo36degrees]

Zelenskimo looks very tired and rough .

[@Shuttlelover101]

Everyone said this would be over in a matter of mouth, its 2years!

[@andyrobinson2653]

Western weapons cleaning out.

[@trevorsutherland5263]

What mattered more, *when* WW2 ended or *how* ?? I'll wait....

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

@@andyrobinson2653 Western weapons that are still keeping their crews alive and still being repaired. Meanwhile the Russian space program is really taking off!

[@ezekiel3791]

Russians said 3 days.

[@robertsteele474]

@@ezekiel3791 Correction: US General Mark Milley said 3 days.

[@user-hi1ke5gp6n]

Отдал бы все лишь бы не иметь дело с вами

[@AsemSaleh]

To establish a circus...

[@TheShipzzzz]

Brits are serving Ukraine in KZbin battle

[@ssuwandi3240]

Silly puppet

[@Pein061]

double meaning, russia bots =))) puppets P>O>S

[@frozenlama23]

Aww u mad because Putin's puppet isn't in Ukraine anymore

[@ARTOR1US]

Отправьте Зеленского на фронт, он как Наполеон всех там победит😂

[@roycrosby4941]

Zelensky running neck and neck with the Madden Curse.

[@tharuthkavinda]

Russia is fighting a war with west while gaining economically and sending rockets to space at the same time? WTF XD

[@trevorsutherland5263]

Dropped off brand new S-300 in Niger last week. They have plenty to spare.

[@Sophon-fj4fu]

3% GDP growth is big if compare to most of western country

[@kiwiveritas]

A movie set lol🤣

[@jonathanlip8327]

Omg this video location is so faked. He is really a great actor😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅

[@hokavistark7671]

Studio😅

[@user-pe1sc4el5n]

Bravo President Vladirmia Putin RUSSIAN 🇷🇺

[@davidthomas126]

chubs visits disaster insues😢

[@eaziiz542]

Memo on the FAB-1500 probably went to their spam.

[@TengoMetekhi]

Yes, they are using them two years and advanced almost 9 kilometres.

[@user-sv2pt3ed5l]

hey, zelesky remain to figth .........ok ?

[@user-fi6xy1ji8l]

slava ukraine

[@TankMasterGo]

Reminds me of an German trenches in WW1. It looks better and more livable compared to Entente trenches (the trenches that we've seen in Bakhmut)

[@dimas3829]

yeah, because it's fake - hence no sign of people actually living in there.

[@AliFzuli]

👍👍👍👍

[@amunra5330]

Why is this man still alive? Cant one of his generals “retire” him?

[@Gigautism]

Why would they?

[@nick_--_777]

These film sets get more realistic

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Doesn't look like a face double to me. I don't see any long tables there either

[@user-ho7me9dd5y]

LOL last time he visit Avdievka...😂

[@SuperGamer3000]

That wall inside the bunker will not stop barrage of missiles anyone inside that trench will be praying to God to have mercy on their souls.

[@jessicaregina1956]

Hello fsb? Yes, zelensky is in the do netsk region

[@PatagoniaAries]

Literally me with American positions in Ukraine

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Account made 2022. Vatnik roleplaying traitors is a new trend

[@jessicaregina1956]

Hello fsb? I have a problem here.

[@12Hitler]

​@@ShadowPhoenixMaximus Little comdian Jews is 2 years old. He cannot stand against Sir Putin.

[@davesmith4614]

Zelensky is just an Actor playing a president !!

[@mauroambrosi3222]

E il cinema continua, tutti belli puliti e grassottelli... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DraconianSW_BUSTERS]

Humorous

[@s.l.r.8882]

1917?

[@-GenDrive]

Yes

[@ChiCub83]

Bunch of Orcs in the comments.

[@leptir7110]

👎😡😢

[@hyder1964]

Make peace not war

[@TgamerBio5529]

🇷🇺 should leave. Who invaded and annexed!?! 🇺🇦 has the right to fight for thier land

[@Heilviceivar]

Look how clean it is. Future front line i think they mean.

[@trevorsutherland5263]

NATO whisked him out of the country yesterday as there were at least two active plots against him; Germany arrested a couple of agents. However, he should be judged by his own people; whatever fate is for him should be their decision. His term ends in a month and he becomes a civilian again; if Ukraine goes down, he should do what any honorable captain would do. We shall soon see the end of this drama.

[@andyrobinson2653]

They will quickly ship him out. Will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life. The guy is collateral.

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

Leave to some vatnik drone to not understand the concept of elections

[@flavioconstantino.1310]

He should stay there and defend the frontline!

[@GAT-pr6dt]

“Gib me monny !”

[@awayfromhome3741]

4 stars trench

[@ilgapitkevica2478]

God bless Ukraine and President Zelensky!

[@andyrobinson2653]

Wheres your flag? Get it up. Show solidarity.....

[@tonjanse7093]

God bless Putin and the Russian army

[@user-vv6me3rg5k]

Пришел попрощаться, как мило.

[@dima9171]

Ww1

[@rakeshsv8579]

So this is the next target, he already visited bakmuth avdivika soledar we all know what happened next they lied in the heart of puppetsky

[@dedyzee]

😂😂😂😂rip

[@zoom777]

Made in Hollywood 🤣🤣🤣

[@rodtad7210]

wste of money and men

[@Brendissimo1]

Russia doesn't seem to think so. They've been digging in like crazy for over a year.

[@reallifehack4790]

Says Kremlin bot 😂😂😂

[@springbloom5940]

Lol no

[@burritosls]

Donetsk?🤣🤣Donetsk is a Russian city, what can this character do there?

[@jaxonl7810]

Cry more about 8 years donbass Just like ( kherson forever russia) Not anymore LMAO

[@aleksklochko]

Nope, Donetsk is Ukrainian city, occupied by russia.

[@burritosls]

@@aleksklochko OK, dude🤣🤣

[@target218]

Zelensky is the joke of the century..i am surprised how even he was elected as president of a country.. Ukraine Is also a joke😂😂😂

[@MrKeiKuro]

Well painted..the moment they hear the media are coming

[@Hoophey]

A modern day Churchill. Zelensky is a hero.

[@vistakay]

Churchill rejected all peace agreements and authorized the bombing of cities. One of the most evil men in modern history

[@andrewchiusiwa3487]

To see it for the last time before it falls into Russian hands

[@thedon1004]

That will fall next then. When will he learn? It's like he has the reverse midas touch. 😢

[@chfaisalriaz111]

Long live Russia

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

russia won’t be living much longer 😂

[@blaster915]

I think it's time for new blood in power. Time to Russia's old guard to step down. Putin and his government have had it's day.

[@dimas3829]

@@Aaron-rw3lv - was the trend on western newsletters for 30 years now.

[@firebry23]

It's a shame Russia didn't get him when he was there.

[@toyotahonda2618]

He is of no importance, its just a waste of a rocket that can wreck some French fries somewhere else

[@dimas3829]

he is useful fool that will waste lives of millions of Ukrainians for PR stunts and corruption money from the west, so that Russia de-militarisation of Ukraine will be of extreme sucess.

[@ConkerVonZap]

Nah, Russia don't want to take him out. Taking him out would transform him in a martyr. Zelensky is extremely unpopular in Ukraine. He even exiled Zaluzhny to the United Kingdom because Zaluzhny was more popular than him.

[@nitwit4947]

these are stupid comments from people who have achieved nothing because of their uninformed views. There is no cure for stupid at their age.

[@nemanjaljubicic5282]

Why would Russia kill someone who does them a favour

[@operator9858]

test

[@sarwanofficial7666]

Whichever front Zelensky visits, falls soon after.

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

russia hasn’t taken back Kherson even though Zelenskyy visited right after it was liberated

[@CenterZero_DeadSecurity]

@@Aaron-rw3lv Is that the only city? XDXD

[@nemanjaljubicic5282]

Because brave ukranians would destroy dam and flood the city, why to lose manpower and equipment? They are smarter than nazies... They do not hold city for any price like nazies, because russia wants to win on battlefield, unlike ukraine crying on media

[@ShadowPhoenixMaximus]

When is paranoid putin visiting the Ukraine? He keeps sending face doubles. The "man" is nothing more than a cowardly charlatan.

[@user-wu1dv6jk5s]

Zelensky is carrying the carpets for the bunker under his arms

[@dessmith7658]

Game over pal

[@micaiahm1]

Bout to be Russia’s new defenses 😅

[@realdaybreaker8013]

Fabs will rain down

[@TheSkaffen]

2 years in to a defensive war - lets build some defensive positions. how can russia win?

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Bacon and eggs for breakfast.

[@prdamico]

The comedian puppet, plays his part well.......

[@MANUPETAIN2218]

Weak

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

Not as weak as the russians 😂

[@nemanjaljubicic5282]

Yeah if that is so why nato don't attack russia?

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

@@nemanjaljubicic5282 we should but it’s a defensive alliance.

[@robertsteele474]

@@Aaron-rw3lv Tell that to Libya.🙄

[@richardmarsden5610]

The curse of Zelenskyy. Donetsk region shall now fall to Russia by summer. Highly likely, almost certainly.

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

I thought it was supposed to be 3 days 😂

[@Dezznuts2294]

@@Aaron-rw3lv XDDDD

[@Aaron-rw3lv]

Has Kherson fallen back into the orcs hands? Zelenskyy was there to “curse” it shortly after it’s liberation.

[@user-ot3vc6rs2m]

How is your 3-day special military operation going, ruSSian vatnik? Still everything according to the plan? 🙂

[@user-ot3vc6rs2m]

How is your 3-day special military operation going? Still according to the plan? For the 3rd consecutive year?