President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that there is every reason to end the war this year if Ukraine has security guarantees.
He said this in an interview with ITV News.
"We really want it. And every year, to be honest, we really wanted the Western partners to have enough strength to force Putin to end the war. I believe that there are all the opportunities for this today. In my opinion, Trump wants this – a quick end to the war. Quickly or not - we don't know how it will turn out, but we know that we need to be strong. He is strong, but in an alliance with the Europeans we need to act decisively," Zelenskyy said.
The President recalled that russia has learned to circumvent the sanctions imposed against it, so they should be stricter.
Zelenskyy said that he would agree to peace talks if he had "the understanding that America and Europe will not abandon us, will support us and will provide security guarantees."
Instead, he considers freezing the war unacceptable.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, the day before, Zelenskyy stated that putin was preparing not for negotiations, but for the continuation of the war, and not only against Ukraine - in particular, the russians are increasing their army by more than 100,000 soldiers.
On February 3, Trump said that he wants to conclude an agreement with Ukraine on the supply of Ukrainian rare earth minerals to the United States.
On February 4, a source in the President's Office told the media that a clause on minerals was added to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's strategic "Victory Plan" specifically for the United States.
Later, Zelenskyy clarified that Ukraine is not going to give its minerals even to strategic partners. We propose to develop them in partnership.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump said in an interview with The New York Post that he had spoken by phone with russian dictator vladimir putin to try to agree on an end to the war in Ukraine.
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