According to Zelensky, Trump wants Ukraine to be present at the negotiating table and really wants a ceasefire and an end to the war. However, the Russians are outright lying to him, he said.
In fact, the Russians cannot take over eastern Ukraine at any cost, but very quickly, he said. According to the president, this may be one of the reasons why certain Ukrainian regions are under intense Russian shelling.
“Putin needs to be shown something. He is not successful. The summer-autumn offensive operation of the Russian Federation is a complete failure, which was costly. Thousands of destroyed equipment, a large number of losses. And not a single one of the positions that they declared they would capture worked out,” Zelensky said.
In his opinion, Trump now understands that everything that Putin “sold” to him in Alaska as supposedly Russian military capabilities does not actually work.
“A person who wants and is ready for peace cannot only increase strikes. This is an ultimatum due to massive attacks. And ultimatums do not pass,” Zelensky added.
