Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday 30 November that the war with Russia was in a new stage, with winter expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results. Despite setbacks, however, the president of Ukraine said his nation wouldn’t give up. “We have a new phase of war, and that is a fact,” Zelensky said, speaking in Kharkiv after a morale-boosting tour of the region. “Winter as a whole is a new phase of war. “Am I satisfied? Look, we are not backing down, I am satisfied.”