“I am not afraid of any option and format of negotiations with the Russians. With mediation, without intermediation, with the USA, with Europe. It is desirable that any negotiations be subject. How to speak directly with ballistic missiles? Is it just to talk with missiles and terrorists today. What is the point of just talking?” – the president emphasized.
He noted that the prerequisite for negotiations should be an unconditional ceasefire that the United States initiates and which he considers correct, and thanked America for its efforts.
According to Zelensky, Ukraine itself could show the red lines before the end of the fire, but does not do it and emphasizes this.
“We believe that the ceasefire should be unconditional, and after that we can talk in any format. But for this it is necessary that the Russians are not just killers, but are ready for diplomacy. So far they are just devils. How can one say it differently? Today, a blow was killed. They go to America, they play channels, they say how they want peace. Mineral Deals (Mineral transactions. – “GORDON”) that they are ready, for which they are ready. Anyone who is ready-he shows not only in words, but takes some steps, ”the president noted.
Context
The process of negotiations on the end of the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine was discontinued in 2022, since there was no specificity from the Russian side that could be discussed, explained in the office of the President of Ukraine. In 2022, Moscow repeatedly put forward the requirement of surrender to Kyiv, and later insisted in negotiations on Istanbul agreements. Zelensky stated that at the meeting in Istanbul no agreements were noted.
The rapid end of the war in Ukraine has repeatedly promised the current US President Donald Trump during the election campaign in 2024.
WSJ, citing three sources surrounded by Trump, wrote that one of the plans proposed to him provides for the obligation of Kyiv not to join NATO for at least 20 years. At the same time, the United States will continue to supply Ukraine to protect against the Russian Federation. The plan also provides for a fixed demilitarized zone with The placement of peacekeepers there.
On January 23, Reuters wrote that Putin believes that the main goals of the war in Ukraine have already been achieved.
Zelensky said in an interview with the British leading pier Morgan, which was published on February 3, which was ready for negotiations with Putin, if this is the only way to stop the war.
On February 5, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin was ready to negotiate with the Ukrainian president.
The fact that Zelensky and Putin should conduct direct negotiations, on February 14, said special representative of US President Donald Trump Keith Kelloglog. He also noted that “both sides must give in to something.”
On March 27, after the meeting of the leaders of the Coalition countries in Paris, Zelensky said that negotiations on the end of the war in Ukraine were blocked only by the aggressor of Russia and its illegitimate president Vladimir Putin. He emphasized that Putin is not ready for direct negotiations and wants war.
