In his nightly address from Kyiv, Mr Zelensky said, “We continue to conduct active operations in the border areas on the enemy’s territory.
The Russian Foreign Ministry’s ambassador-at-large for the crimes of the Kyiv regime told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
The offensive is believed to be the largest of its kind by a foreign army on Russian soil since the Second World War.
The UN documented 92 cases of children last year, most of which were used as human shields in Ukraine. According to the report, the Russians were responsible for all but one of these cases.
A plan that would have the government finance the service is currently being discussed in the Ukrainian Parliament.
The training is expected to last for several weeks, with the German government promising 14 Leopard 2s to the Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will on Wednesday make his first visit to Britain since the Russian invasion of his country.
The delivery of the tanks will also take years to arrive at any significant war front in Ukraine.
Russia is promising to reoccupy Ukraine’s recently liberated areas in Kyiv’s swift counteroffensive, claiming they will belong to Russia “forever.”