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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/health-news\/\">health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s President begged for the US to \u2018stay strong\u2019 as a tentative ceasefire on energy infrastructure attacks appears on the brink of collapse.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky made the claim during a sit-down interview with journalists in <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/paris\/\">Paris<\/a> after he met French leader Emmanuel Macron in Paris yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Ukrainian, he said: \u2018Putin fears losing his power. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22800275 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_245252117-8985.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The Ukrainian President spoke with journalists yesterday (Picture: Ludovic MARIN \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018He will die soon, and that\u2019s fact, and it will come to an end.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The comment has added fuel to rumours the 72-year-old Russian leader is battling ill-health.<\/p>\n<p>Putin <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/25\/paranoid-putin-has-four-doctors-24-hour-duty-main-residence-20910132\/\">allegedly has four doctors permanently on duty at his man official <\/a>residence, according leaked documents.<\/p>\n<p>Last October, the Kremlin had to deny he had serious health issues after he was admitted to a Moscow hospital undergoing regular examinations.<\/p>\n<p>A famous incident in June 2022 saw the Russian president<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2022\/06\/16\/vladimir-putin-seen-gripping-table-so-hard-his-veins-start-to-bulge-16837200\/\"> grip a table so hard his veins started to bulge<\/a> during a meeting with then-Defence Minister\u00a0Sergei Shoigu.<\/p>\n<p>He also appeared slouched and was slurring his words.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22800396 lazyload\" alt=\"A grimacing Vladimir Putin is seen tightly gripping his desk as his most trusted general reports to him with a straight face that invaded Ukrainians are showing their 'support' for occupying Russian soldiers, August 30 2022 Picture: EPA\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_245293937-9189.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Putin\u2019s health remains under speculation, two years after he noticeably gripped a table during a high-profile meeting (Picture: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/?ico=auto_link_news_P2_LNK1\">Putin<\/a>\u00a0also seemed frail and off-colour while meeting with his <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/25\/putin-seen-looking-weak-frail-amid-ongoing-rumours-bad-health-20911176\/\">Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko<\/a> last May to discuss the ongoing war in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/ukraine\/?ico=auto_link_news_P2_LNK2\">Ukraine<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the wide-ranging interview, Zelenksy also discussed European support for Ukraine and the shaky Black Sea ceasefire brokered by the US on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said that Putin is trying to \u2018hit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/european-union\/\">European Union<\/a>\u00a0from within\u2019, referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/team\/1196723\/hungary\/\">Hungary<\/a>, whose leader Victor Orban has cozied up to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>This dig at a European power comes as Starmer and Macron prepare to host another summit of the \u2018coalition of the willing\u2019 today in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>All eyes are currently on the success of a tenuous ceasefires agreed between Russia and Ukraine this month.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides agreed to a 30-day pause on attacks on energy infrastructure last week.<\/p>\n<p>However both countries have now accused the other of breaking the terms of the tentative U.S-brokered deal and disagreed about when the energy ceasefire was meant to have begun.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"452\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22800273 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_245268651-459a.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Zelensky and Macron met yesterday(Picture: Li Yang\/China News Service\/VCG via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukrainian drone attacks hit an electric facility in the Bryansk region early Wednesday and a power grid facility in the Kursk region the day before.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky\u2019s communications adviser Dmytro Lytvyn said there had been \u2018eight confirmed hits on energy facilities\u2019 from Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this Ukraine and Russia agreed to an naval ceasefire to the Black Sea this week.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky said of these fragile negotiations: \u2018A ceasefire in the Black Sea is first of all important today and for the Russians. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018They have not controlled the corridor in the Black Sea for a long time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On the energy side of the deal, he added: \u2018I don\u2019t want to lie. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018There were no Russian attacks on energy infrastructure tonight. 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