The president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenskihas 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“he doesn’t want to negotiate.” “I would like to agree on conditions of capitulation on our part, but no one is going to give him that,” he stressed.
The Ukrainian president has assured that Russia loses between 1,500 and 2,000 combatants a dayadding injuries and deaths. “They can’t keep moving forwardon these losses and there are some fronts in which it is already evident that progress has been slowed down“, he highlighted. However, he warned that “we are at war with a State that does not value to his 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 he will wait to have more detailed information about Trump’s perspective in a future meeting with him that is already being prepared.
Zelensky has stressed that “no one wants peace as much as we do.” “The change in policy in the United States suggests that, in my opinion, lThe war will end. I don’t know how. Our endeavor is to defend a strong stance. A just peace is important to us, so that there is not a feeling that we have lost the best because it has been imposed on us an injustice“, he indicated.
No specific date
“Consequently, I believe that the war is going to end. Not in the abstract. There is no specific date, but with the policies of the team that will run 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, show weakness“, he added.
For Zelensky, Trump “is on our side, supporting Ukraine.” “Value our strength, integrity and value“, 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 166,000 million 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 position of weakness“he argued.
