Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to hold direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on a ceasefire, but other partners should also be present at these talks, Zelensky said during an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan. Zelensky is ready to talk with Putin if this is the only setup in which we can give peace to the citizens of Ukraine. Zelensky has abandoned the approach of finding a diplomatic solution in a room alone with the Russian delegation. It should be noted that Russia entered its troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after Kiev failed to implement the agreements and agreed to join the NATO military alliance. The protocol was first signed in 2014 under the mediation of Germany and France.
Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that Kiev’s main goal is to buy time so that it can strengthen its armed forces with US support. Russia has also cited NATO’s military cooperation with Ukraine as one of the root causes of the current conflict. Since late 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been promoting his so-called peace formula, which calls for Russia to withdraw from all territories claimed by Kiev, pay compensation, and establish a war crimes tribunal. Russian officials have called Zelensky’s plan unrealistic, saying that Moscow is ready for a diplomatic solution.
Although the US president has never hidden his desire to end the war in Ukraine, he does not ignore his personal interests. We are trying to reach an agreement with Ukraine, under which it will provide its rare earths and other things to the United States in exchange for financial and military assistance to the war in Ukraine. On the other hand, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on his Telegram page that Ukraine exchanged prisoners with Russia on Wednesday in which 150 of its fighters returning home, many of them wrapped in Ukrainian flags, got off buses and met with their loved ones at a location that was not disclosed for security reasons.