He suggested that the Russians are “doing everything” to continue to wage war in Ukraine and at the same time avoid pressure and sanctions by the United States.
“A week ago or two weeks ago, it doesn’t matter if Russia was where it was and was located. It did not want and did not want, and does not want to end the war now. It wants to put forward the ultimatums, thanks to the ultimatums to delay the possibility of this war,” the head of the Ukrainian state said.
A visit to Washington on August 18, Zelensky considers the “demonstration of the unity of Europe”, “signal” to Washington and “success”.
“Over the day, the largest or largest countries have gathered that help us, which are the countries of Europe that are around Ukraine. Over the day, the leaders gathered and arrived, and this is a great success for Ukraine. And this is a strong signal to the United States of America: that this is how the countries of the world are united very quickly, because they are total on the side of Ukraine, where there is justice. We said: we join the guarantees of guarantees Safety “, I think success for Europe. Maybe this is too loud I say the word” success “, but today it sounded like success,” he said.
Zelensky explained that European countries will not be able to provide security guarantees “for various reasons” without the support of America.
“The unity of America and Europe is very important, it's Crucial. I do not know how everything will end. But this is much better than it was a week or two ago,” the president said.
He also commented on the attempts of Russians to continue the war in Ukraine and avoid a bilateral meeting between the Zelensky and illegitimate President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.
“Russians are trying now what else to do so as not to meet. The question is not just in [двусторонней] meeting. The question is that they do not want to end the war. The meeting is one of the components of that [вопроса]how to finish it. This is not all, this is one of the components. And since they do not want to finish, they will look for a space for this. And it is necessary that this space decreases. The unification of America and Europe reduces this space. Space for the war, ”Zelensky emphasized.
Context
On August 16, Axios wrote that Trump wants to hold a tripartite meeting with Zelensky and Putin on August 22.
On August 18, in Washington, first a meeting of Zelensky with Trump was held, and later the summit began in a wider format with the participation of representatives of the EU and individual European countries. On the same day, Trump called Putin, and later stated that he began organizing a meeting between him and Zelensky.
On August 18, Sky News wrote that a possible trilateral summit with the participation of the leaders of Ukraine, the USA and the Russian Federation will take place in Europe-Italy Prime Minister George Melony proposed as the venue of Rome, and French President Emmanuel Macron-Geneva. EU diplomats also considered other possible locations, including Hungarian Budapest and Finnish Helsinki, journalists noted.
On August 19, the German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz stated in Washington that Zelensky’s negotiations with Putin could take place within two weeks. Zelensky said on the same day that he knows no details about a bilateral meeting.
