As the war in Ukraine grinds into its fifth year, President Volodymyr Zelensky harbors no illusions about a quick victory or an easy peace.

“You can’t say that we’re losing the war. Honestly, we’re definitely not losing it, definitely. The question is whether we will win,” Zelensky said in one of the many interviews he granted in the lead-up to the fourth anniversary of Russia‘s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.