“Two weeks ago in Washington it was sounded that it was by this time that the Russians should be prepared for real negotiations – for a meeting at the Leaders level. Ukraine is definitely ready for this. But the only thing Russia does is to invest in a future war,” the president said.
He added that “all the signals from them are about that.”
“Now, during his visit to China, [нелегитимный российский президент Владимир] Putin will get out again. This is his sport number one, ”said the President of Ukraine.
According to Zelensky, everyone in the world “stated that it was necessary to cease fire,” and “insisted that the war should end.”
“Such was the position of everyone,” China, they talked about this with the Prime Minister of India [Нарендрой Моди]. Also with other leaders who are now there, at the summit – Türkiye, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan. Almost everyone else in the world is also for the end of the war. Today there is a fundamental statement by the Pope, thanks for this. The only one who wants war is Russia, ”the president said.
As Zelensky emphasized, it was on the Russian Federation that “must be crushed” further.
“We expect that no one will endure the delay in the war. We are counting on a strong position of the United States of America, Europe, and twenty countries. This war gives only destabilization to world processes. Russia should pay for it. It will be,” the head of the Ukrainian state summed up.
Context
On August 18, in Washington, a meeting of Trump and European leaders was held, among whom was Zelensky. They talked about guarantees of security and the upcoming meeting of Zelensky with Putin, as well as their trilateral meeting with Trump. On the same day, the US President called Putin on the phone, and later stated that he began organizing a meeting between him and Zelensky. However, the Kremlin began to put forward conditions.
The White House was repeated on August 19 that Putin agreed to a bilateral meeting, but after that the Russian Foreign Ministry once again said that negotiations at the highest level “needed to be carefully prepared.”
The world media suggest that Putin will delay, dodge or refuse negotiations with Zelensky and Trump.
The Chancellor of Germany Friedrich Mertz, after the attack of the Russian Federation on Kyiv on August 28, said that meetings between Zelensky and Putin, Obviously, it will not. On August 29, Mertz expressed the opinion that the war in Ukraine may last many more months. The media wrote that European leaders Lose patience Due to Trump's unwillingness, Putin openly confront.
On August 31, Putin began his official visit to the PRC, where he will take part in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (its members are China, RF Belarus, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). It is expected that during the trip, Putin, among other things, will hold a meeting with the leader of China Xi Jinping.
