{"id":1407476,"date":"2026-07-13T21:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1407476"},"modified":"2026-07-13T21:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:12:42","slug":"ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Holds Strongest Battlefield Position Since Start of Full-Scale War, Zelenskyy Says"},"content":{"rendered":" <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine currently holds its strongest battlefield position since the beginning of Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English <\/a>reports.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking after the summit, Zelenskyy said Ukraine has successfully prevented Russia from achieving its military objectives despite more than three years of war.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUkraine now has the strongest positions on the front line of the entire war,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy also acknowledged that Ukraine continues to face a critical shortage of interceptor missiles capable of defeating ballistic missile attacks.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is true that Ukraine currently does not have enough interceptors to counter ballistic missiles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the president, this challenge prompted the launch of the <strong>FREYJA<\/strong> program, a new initiative aimed at developing a mass-produced European anti-ballistic interceptor.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat is precisely why we launched a new program to create a mass-produced anti-ballistic weapon \u2014 FREYJA,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ukrainian leader stressed that Russia has repeatedly sought to break Ukraine&#8217;s resistance throughout the full-scale war but has failed to achieve a breakthrough on the battlefield.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThroughout the years of the full-scale war, Putin has tried to break us. The front has not allowed him to do so,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks came after members of the newly established Anti-Ballistic Coalition agreed to deepen cooperation on developing a European missile defense architecture and accelerating joint production of next-generation interceptor systems.<\/p>\n   <p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read also: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-to-acquire-rafale-fighter-jets-produce-aster-30-and-scalp-missiles-under-french-licenses-macron\/\">Ukraine to Acquire Rafale Fighter Jets, Produce Aster-30 and SCALP Missiles Under French Licenses \u2014 Macron<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine currently holds its strongest battlefield position since the beginning of Russia&#8217;s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1407478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,36415,55,50,36572],"tags":[76,78,72925,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1407476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-europe-en","category-11473-news-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","category-11473-ukraine-en-news-en-5","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-zelenskyy-in-europe","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine Holds Strongest Battlefield Position Since Start of Full-Scale War, Zelenskyy Says - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ukraine Holds Strongest Battlefield Position Since Start of Full-Scale War, Zelenskyy Says - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ukraine currently holds its strongest battlefield position since the beginning of Russia&#8217;s ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:12:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-13T18:12:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/press_1300x750-1--820x473.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"820\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"473\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danylo Shportilo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Danylo Shportilo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f4fe8d6d08deebcdee69f6671576d2d2\"},\"headline\":\"Ukraine Holds Strongest Battlefield Position Since Start of Full-Scale War, Zelenskyy Says\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-13T18:12:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-13T18:12:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/en\\\/ukraine-holds-strongest-battlefield-position-since-start-of-full-scale-war-zelenskyy-says\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uatv.ua\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/press_1300x750-1-.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0435\",\"\u041d\u0430 \u0433\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0443\u044e (\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0435\u0440)\",\"Zelenskyy in Europe\",\"Ukraine\u2019s Allies &amp; 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