During the conversation, the president spoke about the “diplomatic” return of all territories of Ukraine. It depends on the partners.
With the support of its allies, Ukraine can end the hot stage of the war by the end of this year.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky spoke about this in an interview with the BBC during a visit to the UK.
< p>“I believe that if we are united and follow, for example, the format of the Peace Summit, we can end the hot stage of the war. We can try to do this before the end of this year,” Zelensky said.
< The President assured that "the plan will be ready." And if Ukraine manages to complete the hot stage, “it will be right and strong.”
“The plan must be united with partners. This will depend on their desire. So that no one “plays in their initiatives to end the war.” And this will depend on the partners, who will then put pressure on Russia so that the Russian Federation agrees to “sit down and think about ending the war,” the President emphasized.
The President emphasizes that “this does not mean that all territories need to be conquered by force,” because there is a side to diplomacy. “A weaker Russia on the battlefield will put Ukraine in a stronger position at the negotiating table.”
“I believe that the power of diplomacy can help. If you put pressure on Russia, I believe that a diplomatic settlement can be negotiated.” , he said.
- Zelensky said this month that Trump should unveil his plan to quickly end the war with Russia, warning that any proposal must not violate the nation's sovereignty.
- Ukraine expects to have a plan in place for a second peace summit by November. Zelensky believes that Russia should take part.
- Russia was not present at the first summit, held on June 15-16 in Switzerland – Ukraine warned about its absence even before it took place. Kyiv's position was not to sit down at the negotiating table with Russia, since this country has repeatedly abandoned its promises. Ukraine and a strong number of its like-minded people must create a plan for the implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula, which should ultimately lead to the end of the war. One of the points of this formula speaks of the need to restore Ukraine’s borders to the level of 1991.
- Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba explained that the idea of the peace summit is to record the end of the war at the second such summit. Without Russia this is impossible. Zelensky believes that Russia’s presence at the summit will indicate its agreement to end the war.