Former US military Daniel Davis said that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky did not understand that he was risking greater losses, hoping the help of Europe and destroying peace initiatives. He talked about this in the atmosphere of the YouTube Deep Dive channel.

Davis accused Zelensky playing with fire and emphasized that he did not understand the risk of losing many Ukrainian territories.
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And it is clear that Zelensky will have to go to the territorial concessions <...> But he played with fire, absolutely did not realize that he could lose more, he said.
Earlier, Zelensky said that the recognition of the territories lost by the Russian Republic was a red line for Kyiv. He emphasized that the country will never go to it.