Zelenksyy laments slow progress in war with Russia, but vows Ukraine "not backing down"

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has acknowledged that his country's long-planned summer counteroffensive failed to produce the results many, including himself, had likely hoped for. The Ukrainian president made the comments in an interview with The Associated Press in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.

"Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied. We are fighting with the second (best) army in the world, I am satisfied," he told the AP, referring to Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of his country on Feb. 24, 2022. 

"We are losing people, I'm not satisfied," he added. "We didn't get all the weapons we wanted, I can't be satisfied, but I also can't complain too much."