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Zelensky, in an interview published on February 12, said that Trump is interested in ending the war in Ukraine before the midterm elections to the US Congress in November. At the same time, the Ukrainian president noted that Ukraine would rather abandon the peace agreement altogether than agree to a bad one.
Previously, the media wrote that the United States and Ukraine discussed the possibility of peace with the Russian Federation in March. It was assumed that any peace agreement would be put to a referendum in Ukraine, where national elections would also be held at the same time. However, this deadline will most likely be postponed, since there is no decision on the key territorial issue.
On February 11, Zelensky did not confirm the Financial Times information about his intention to announce on February 24 the holding of elections and a referendum in Ukraine.
The President of Ukraine will take part in the Munich Security Conference, which will take place on February 13–15. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to meet with Zelensky.
