The president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyhas defended this Saturday the need for his country to do “everything possible” to end the war “next year through diplomatic channels”, although he has rejected “a capitulation”.
“For our part, we must do everything possible to end the war next year. Through diplomatic means. It is very important,” Zelensky said in an interview with Ukrainian Radio. On the other hand, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, “does not want to negotiate”. “I would like to agree on terms of capitulation on our part, but no one is going to give you that,” he stressed.
The Ukrainian president has assured that Russia loses between 1,500 and 2,000 combatants a day, adding wounded and dead. “They cannot continue advancing with these losses and there are some fronts in which it is already evident that progress has slowed down,” he highlighted. However, he warned that “we are at war with a state that does not value its own peoplewho doesn’t care how many die.”
“Putin does not want peace in Ukraine, but he could sit at a negotiating table with the participation of world leaders and this would mean the end of his political isolation,” he indicated. You could “sit down, talk, and not get a deal.” This situation “would benefit him,” he assured. “It would be the destruction of your isolationbuilt by the civilized world at the cost of the deaths of Ukrainians,” he lamented.
Zelensky has also addressed the changes that the arrival of donald trump to the Presidency of the United States and the pressures that it will possibly put on kyiv to achieve progress. However, Zelensky has stressed that will wait for more detailed information about Trump’s perspective in a future meeting with him that is already being prepared.
Zelensky has stressed that “Nobody wants peace as much as they do.. “The change in policy in the United States suggests that, in my opinion, the war will end. I don’t know how. Our endeavor is to defend a strong position. A just peace is important for us, so that there is no feeling that we have lost the best because injustice has been imposed on us,” he indicated.
“Therefore, I believe that the war it’s going to end. Not in the abstract. There is no specific date, but with the policies of the team that will lead the White House the war will end sooner. That is his approach, a promise to his society. We must not allow them to pressure us, to occupy us, to show weakness,” he added.
For Zelensky, Trump “is on our side, supporting Ukraine.” “Value our strength, integrity and courage“, he pointed out. In addition, he recalled that the United States is not a neutral mediator, but has approved aid for 175 billion dollars (about 166 billion euros). Of this amount, kyiv has so far received “less than half.” “Ukraine is not going to be alone with the Russian Federation. What can be negotiated with the murderer? There is nothing to do in negotiations in a position of weakness,” he argued.
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