Ukraine has been keen to dispel any suggestion that it would capitulate to Russia

more than two years after the invasion.

"This is the period of our maximum concentration, our maximum initiative to ensure
that it is Ukraine that determines a just end to this war," Mr Zelensky said in his
nightly address on Monday.
"We can endure. We have to win."
Earlier in the day, the president told French broadcaster BFM TV that Ukraine had
"stopped the Russian advance in eastern Ukraine".
That claim has not been verified.
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Mr Zelensky also said that Ukraine was building defensive fortifications stretching
2,000km (1,243 miles) in an attempt to "meet the threats" posed by Russia.
This included "shoring up the existing fortifications and creating new ones".
His comments come as intelligence experts told US senators on Monday that the
momentum in the war had swung in Russia's favour and that without further
assistance, Kyiv would likely lose "significant ground" in 2024.
"The Ukrainians are not running out of courage and tenacity," Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA) Director William Burns testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee.