Weird to take a screenshot of an article which isn't a source article and only repeats shit taken from a different article as its source. https://archive.is/5ZKPV which itself is just excerpts from an interview: https://youtu.be/f7pGAeTn8PI?t=18

"Because it will be victory for [Putin]. He will sell this victory to the West, to his society, to China, to Iran, to all the countries”

“If he will feel some blood — smell that we are weak — he will push, push, push,” Zelenskyy said in English

He predicted that the pressure from a defeat in Bakhmut would come quickly — both from the international community and within his own country. “Our society will feel tired,” he said. “Our society will push me to have compromise with them.”

I was unable to find the full interview, or to find any excerpt giving context to his "tired" statement.

It is unfortunate that Zelensky actually believes that Bakhmut must be held as it is not true, but this could always be a psyop, since Ukraine wants to tie down as many Russian forces in and around Bakhmut as possible, and statements like this could cause Russia to step up its efforts there, which have been flagging lately.