Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine and the United States can force Russia to a just peace
Kyiv • UNN
The President of Ukraine expressed confidence that the new American president will be able to stop the aggression of the terrorist country. Zelenskyy emphasized the impossibility of “zeroing out” Russia's crimes and the need for a just peace.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has no doubt that new US President Donald Trump is willing and able to bring peace and end Putin's aggression. Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine and the United States can force Russia to a just peace. He said this in his New Year's greetings, UNN reports.
I remember talking to Joe Biden after the Russian invasion. I remember talking to Donald Trump after he was elected. All the conversations with congressmen, senators, ordinary Americans, with all those who support us in the United States, Europe, and the world - in these many and different conversations, there was always unity in the main thing: Putin cannot win. Ukraine will prevail. Ukraine will win
The President thanked all Americans for putting these words into action.
I have no doubt that the new American President is willing and able to bring peace and put an end to Putin's aggression. He understands that the former is impossible without the latter. Because this is not a street fight where you have to pacify the two sides. This is a full-scale aggression of a crazy state against a civilized one. And I believe that we, together with the United States, are capable of this power. To force Russia to a just peace
Zelensky explained why a truly just peace cannot come on the principle of "starting from scratch.
That is, not to forget and not to zero out everything that Russia has done. Bucha, Olenivka, Avdiivka, all our destroyed towns and villages. That is why a truly just peace cannot come on the principle of "let's start from scratch." Because the score is not 0:0. The score is thousands and thousands of Ukrainians whose lives were stolen by Russia. And today, the heart of Ukraine is covered with scars. These are the names of our fallen heroes. God forbid that any family in the world should experience such a loss. I would not wish any leader in the world to experience these feelings - the moment when you hand over awards posthumously. You see the eyes of the mother, wife, or child of a soldier who gave his life for Ukraine and hear them say: "Please don't let it all be in vain". Thousands of our boys and girls have not gone into oblivion. They are with us, they are always with us, they are looking down on us from heaven. And we have no right to let them down and we cannot betray their feat and memory
Zelensky emphasized that we all have to fight for Ukraine.
And every day in the next year, I, all of us, must fight for a Ukraine that is strong enough. Because only such a Ukraine is respected and heard. Both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table
Addition
On December 16, US President-elect Donald Trump said that his team is trying to stop the war in Ukraine and that there is already some progress.
Trump on ending the war in Ukraine: there is a little progressDec 16 2024, 05:26 PM • 44587 views
Context
Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine must do everything to end the war diplomatically in 2025.
The President of Ukraine also believes that Europe and America are able to bring the end of the war, a just and reliable peace closer. However, in order for the US to apply maximum pressure, Europe must take a clear position.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tykhyi stated that the date of the visit of the future special representative of US President-elect Donald Trump, Keith Kellogg, to Ukraine has been preliminarily determined. Kyiv wants to convey information from the Ukrainian side, which is important to consider when developing the vision of the new Trump team for the path to achieving a just peace.
