According to the president, negotiations with the Russian Federation are when “they tie our hands, cut off our tongues,” and then they talk about their readiness to speak.
Zelensky is ready for negotiations with Russia after our victory / president.gov.ua
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky believes that negotiations with the Russian Federation are not a dialogue, but an ultimatum from Russia.
The head of state announced this during an online meeting with representatives of the African media.
He stressed that Ukraine did not start this war, but will end it.
“We will end it with victory. Any war ends … with negotiations. But I want us to realize that the path to this dialogue is very long and very bloody, unfortunately,” Zelensky said.
The President emphasized that it is almost impossible to find the leader of another state to whom Zelensky would not send signals during the three years of his presidency of the danger from the Russian Federation and his desire for direct negotiations with the President of the Russian Federation to prevent a full-scale invasion.
“I was ready for many things. I called him (Putin – UNIAN). I called many times. They always found reasons not to allow this dialogue to take place … But when they entered our land on February 24 … kill all of us…, tortured people… then after that, what was I supposed to do? Call them again?”
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Zelensky stressed that negotiations with the Russian Federation are not a dialogue, but an ultimatum from Russia.
“Everywhere they say they are ready for dialogue. But this is a lie. What kind of dialogue is this?… They tie our hands, cut off our tongues, and then say that they are ready to talk. This is not a dialogue, this is a terrorist who feels strength in himself and ruthless to human life,” the head of state said.
The President added that Putin should have known that in this case the Ukrainians would defend themselves and defend themselves.
“They do not offer dialogue. They offer us to surrender, accept their “peace”, forget that we have land, a banner, that this is our history, just erase us,” the President of Ukraine added.
War in Ukraine: current data
The Russians focused on the capture of Donbass. The advance of the enemy is very slow. As the General Staff reported in the morning, the enemy was rebuffed by Ukrainian defenders in most directions.
At the same time, according to SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, the situation at the front is difficult. The Russians are preparing for offensives in many directions and are pulling up forces to the south, the bridgehead on the right bank of the Dnieper is very dangerous for them.
