Zelensky in Panic over likely exclusion from US-Russia talks over Ukraine

Zelensky in Panic over likely exclusion from US-Russia talks over Ukraine

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Zelensky in Panic over likely exclusion from US-Russia talks over Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was quite panicky when he said on Saturday that excluding him from talks between the U.S. and Russia about the Ukraine conflict would be “very dangerous” and asked for more discussions between Kyiv and Washington to develop a plan for a ceasefire.

Zelensky said Russia does not want to engage in ceasefire talks or to discuss any kind of concessions, when its troops have the upper hand on the battlefield.

So facing defeat the man who brought disastour to once prosperous Ukraine is increasingly panic mode. All the importance accorded to him by Britain and European Union politicians along with Biden gang seems to be evaporating in thin air.

He said U.S. President Donald Trump could bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the table with the threat of sanctions targeting Russia’s energy and banking system, as well as continued support of the Ukrainian military.

Are the consequences of Sanctions by the European Union on itself and Biden gang on USA, not visible to this blind man ?”I think these are the closest and most important steps,” he said in the interview in the Ukrainian capital that lasted for more than an hour.

Zelensky’s remarks followed comments Friday by Trump, who said American and Russian officials were “already talking” about ending the conflict. Trump said his administration has had “very serious” discussions with Russia, but he did not elaborate.

“They may have their own relations, but talking about Ukraine without us — it is dangerous for everyone,” Zelensky said.

He said his team has been in contact with the Trump administration, but those discussions are at a “general level,” and he believes in-person meetings will take place soon to develop more detailed agreements.

“We need to work more on this,” he said, adding that Trump understandably appeared to be focused on domestic issues in the first weeks after his inauguration.

The nearly three-year conflict in Ukraine is now fully downhill for this bluffmaster. Trump promised to end the conflict within six months of taking office, but the two sides are far apart, and it is unclear how a ceasefire deal would take shape.

Meanwhile, Russia continues steady gains at its own calculated pace along the front, and Ukrainian forces are enduring severe manpower shortages.

Most Ukrainians want a stop to this senseless conflict to rebuild their lives. Due to stubborness of one individual Ukraine faces near-daily Russian attacks on homes, and strikes on power systems have plunged entire cities into darkness.

Millions of Ukrainians have been displaced, unable to return to their homes after vast tracts of the country’s east have been reduced to rubble. All Russian speaking areas that is nearly a fifth of Ukraine is now with Russia.

In those areas,with help of Moscow-appointed authorities people are swiftly erasing any hint of Ukrainian identity.

With Trump back in the White House, Zelenskey relationship with the U.S., is also at a tipping point.In an initial phone call with Trump during the presidential campaign, Zelensky said, the two agreed that if Trump won, they would meet to discuss the steps needed to end the war. But a planned visit by Trump’s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, was postponed “for legal reasons” Zelensky said.

That was followed by a sudden foreign aid freeze that effectively caused Ukrainian organizations to halt projects.”I believe that, first and foremost, we (must) hold a meeting with him, and that is important. And that is, by the way, something that everyone in Europe wants,” Zelensky said, referring to “a common vision of a quick end to the war.”

After the conversation with Trump, “we should move on to some kind of format of conversation with Russians. And I would like to see the United States of America, Ukraine and the Russians at the negotiating table…. And, to be honest, a European Union voice should also be there. I think it would be fair, effective. But how will it turn out? I don’t know.” Laments a dejected Zelenskey.

Zelensky now wails against allowing Putin to take “control” over the conflicts, an apparent reference to Russia’s repeated threats of escalation during President Joe Biden’s administration.

Without security guarantees from Ukraine’s allies, Zelensky said, any deal struck with Russia would only serve as a precursor to future aggression. Membership in the NATO alliance, a longstanding personal wish for Zelenskey that Moscow has categorically rejected, is still Zelensky’s top choice.

NATO membership is the “cheapest” option for Ukraine’s allies, and it would also strengthen Trump geopolitically, Zelensky whimpers in vain.

“It will be a signal that it is not for Russia to decide who should be in NATO and who should not, but for the United States of America to decide. I think this is a great victory for Trump,” he said, evidently trying to pump up the president’s penchant for winners and business deals.

In addition throwing a bait to EU, Zelensky said, Ukraine’s 800,000-strong army would be a bonus to the alliance, especially if Trump seeks to bring home U.S. troops who are stationed overseas.

Other security guarantee proposals should be backed up by sufficient weapons from the U.S. and Europe, and support for Kyiv to develop its own defense industry, he said.

Zelensky also said a French proposal to put European forces in Ukraine to act as a deterrent against Russian aggression is taking shape, but he expressed scepticism, saying many questions remained about the command-and-control structure and the number of troops and their positions. The issue was raised by French President Emmanuel Macron and with Trump, he said.

“I said in the presence of the two leaders that we are interested in this as a part of the security guarantee, but not as the only guarantee of safety,” he said. “That’s not enough.”

He added: “Imagine, there is a contingent. The question is who is in charge? Who is the main one? What will they do if there are Russian strikes? Missiles, disembarkation, attack from the sea, crossing of the land borderline, offensive. What will they do? What are their mandates?

“Asked if he put those questions directly to Macron, he smiled and said: “We are still in the process of this dialogue.”

Following a statement by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the war has set Ukraine back by 100 years, Zelensky urged Rubio to visit Ukraine.

Now its clear time for people of Ukraine to act …Zelenskey must be jettisoned.