Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine Soldiers who withdrew from a position in Zaporizhzhia they had held for more than 10 months. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said this week that he was grateful to those among Ukraine’s western partners who saw ‘the situation for what it is’ and ‘acknowledged the reality’ that the Kremlin had little intention of stopping its war. He called for stronger air defences, Patriot interceptors that could bring down enemy missiles, and more sanctions against Moscow