Zelenskyy likens battle for Kherson to D-Day landings at 'G19 summit'

Mr Zelenskyy referred to the G20 meeting as “the G19 summit,” adhering to Kyiv’s line that Russia should be excluded from the grouping

Volodymyr Zelenskyy gestures during his visit to Kherson, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP/PA)

Ukraine’s president has likened the recapture of the southern city of Kherson to the Allied landings in France on D-Day in the Second World War, saying both were watersheds on the road to eventual victory.

Speaking via video link on Tuesday to a G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Ukraine’s retaking of Kherson “reminiscent of many battles in the past, which became turning points in the wars of the past”.