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Ukraine’s leader says his troops keep defying predictions

The moon is seen near a building destroyed by attacks in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A girl holds a crate with her pet cat inside while a boy plays on a phone inside an evacuation train waiting for departure after they where evacuated from the war hit area in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Saturday June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) People walk towards an evacuation train in Pokrovsk railway station, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Police officers help a disabled elderly woman get into an evacuation train after she was evacuated from the Lysychansk area in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Saturday June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Farmer Serhiy throws grains from a bucket in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grain because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A man rides a bicycle in front of a building destroyed by attacks in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) The moon is seen near a building destroyed by attacks in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A girl holds a crate with her pet cat inside while a boy plays on a phone inside an evacuation train waiting for departure after they where evacuated from the war hit area in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Saturday June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) People walk towards an evacuation train in Pokrovsk railway station, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Police officers help a disabled elderly woman get into an evacuation train after she was evacuated from the Lysychansk area in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, Saturday June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Farmer Serhiy throws grains from a bucket in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grain because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A man rides a bicycle in front of a building destroyed by attacks in Borodyanka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, visits Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A railway worker gives a sign for departure of an evacuation train, whose passengers were evacuated from the war-hit area, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday , June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Women sit outside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Farmer Serhiy gestures standing near a mound of grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy shows his grains in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian boots are displayed at the "Ukraine Crucifixion" exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Objects discarded by the Russian military are displayed in World War II museum known as the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine as part of an exhibition focusing on the devastation of ongoing war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, visits Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A railway worker gives a sign for departure of an evacuation train, whose passengers were evacuated from the war-hit area, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday , June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Women sit outside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Farmer Serhiy gestures standing near a mound of grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy shows his grains in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian boots are displayed at the "Ukraine Crucifixion" exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Objects discarded by the Russian military are displayed in World War II museum known as the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine as part of an exhibition focusing on the devastation of ongoing war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, visits Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A railway worker gives a sign for departure of an evacuation train, whose passengers were evacuated from the war-hit area, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday , June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Women sit outside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Farmer Serhiy gestures standing near a mound of grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy shows his grains in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian boots are displayed at the "Ukraine Crucifixion" exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Objects discarded by the Russian military are displayed in World War II museum known as the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Ukraine as part of an exhibition focusing on the devastation of ongoing war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, visits Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A railway worker gives a sign for departure of an evacuation train, whose passengers were evacuated from the war-hit area, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday , June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women sit outside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Farmer Serhiy gestures standing near a mound of grain in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy shows his grains in his barn in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been suffering from the Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Farmer Serhiy, a local grain producer, shows a crater left by a Russian shell on his field in the village of Ptyche in eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. Serhiy claims he cannot sell his grains because nobody wants to come to the area which has been under Russian shelling. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exporters of wheat and corn but Russia's invasion and a blockade of its ports have halted much of that flow. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, visits Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A railway worker gives a sign for departure of an evacuation train, whose passengers were evacuated from the war-hit area, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday , June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women sit outside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, visits Maidan square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A railway worker gives a sign for departure of an evacuation train, whose passengers were evacuated from the war-hit area, in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday , June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. She was one of the first European leaders to go to Ukraine during the war. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women sit outside St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Women attend a mass at St. Volodymyr's Cathedral during Orthodox Pentecost in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, June 12, 2022. The Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost on the fifth Sunday after Easter. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) A foreign journalist checks a captured Ukrainian checkpoint with well-fortified trenches near Schastia town, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) Gennady Lamtugov, production director of the Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex speaks to Russian soldiers, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) Russian troops leave factory floor at the Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) Gennady Lamtugov, production director of the Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex speaks on the phone as Russian troops stand near at the Alchevsk Metallurgical Complex, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) Leonid Pasechnik, acting leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, adjusts his hat as he talks with a group of foreign journalists on the site where a new hospital is building with support of the Russia Defense Ministry in Luhansk on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) People walk towards an evacuation train in Pokrovsk railway station, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) A foreign journalist takes a photo inside a captured Ukrainian checkpoint with well-fortified trenches near Schastia town, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) A Russian Army soldier looks through a sniper rifle scope as she and other soldiers guard a group of foreign journalists visiting a captured Ukrainian checkpoint and well-fortified trenches near Schastia town, on the territory which is under the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic control, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. This photo was taken during a trip organized by the Russian Ministry of Defense. (AP Photo) Ukraine supporters cheer on the stands during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Ukraine and Armenia, in Lodz, Poland, Saturday, June 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
Ukraine’s leader says his troops keep defying predictions