 Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky has said that Russian forces laid mines across a wide area of Ukraine, making it difficult for Ukrainian forces to advance. He said it in an interview with BBC. Some people think we are in a Hollywood movie and expect immediate results. It's not like that Zelensky added. Zelensky explained that it is difficult for Ukrainian forces to make gains because Russian forces laid mines across 200,000 square kilometers of Ukrainian land. Regardless of what others want us to do, including their attempts to put pressure on us, with all due respect, we will continue advancing on the battlefield in ways we deem appropriate the Ukrainian president stressed.