Negotiations with Russia are possible provided that Kyiv is not alone with Moscow and that Ukraine is strong. And the position of US President-elect Donald Trump is very important. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Ukrainian Radio, according to a correspondent of UNN.
Provided that Ukraine is not alone with the Russian Federation. Provided that Ukraine is strong. What kind of negotiations can we have with a murderer? If we are talking simply with Putin, simply with a murderer, and we are in the conditions we are in now, without strengthening some important elements, then I believe that this is a losing status of these negotiations for Ukraine at the entrance. It will not be about a fair end to the war and not about a fair peace for Ukraine and the whole world
The President emphasized that "in a weak situation, there is nothing to do in these negotiations.
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"That is why Donald Trump's position is very important. America's attitude towards Ukraine is very important... They are on the side of Ukraine today," Zelenskyy said.
"That's why mediation always poses certain challenges for me. Anyone can be a mediator, but you cannot say in the abstract: I am a mediator, so I cannot choose one side or the other. No, it cannot be like that in unconditional values and in violation of international law. America must maintain its position of support for Ukraine in that Russia is an aggressor, it has violated our territorial integrity and international law, and this status must remain," the President said.
The President noted that maintaining the US position of supporting Ukraine is one of the points "at the entrance" that is very important to any negotiation platform.
To a clarifying question, whether Trump made a demand for Ukraine to participate in negotiations with Russia, Zelenskyy answered: "We are an independent country. And we, during this war, are our people, and I am personally in negotiations with the United States, and with Trump, and with Biden, and with European leaders - proved that the rhetoric of "sit and listen" does not work with us."
At the same time, according to the President, under the Trump administration, "the war will end faster."