“Zelenskyy is playing his cards right": President of Finland on Russia's participation in the second Peace Summit

“Zelenskyy is playing his cards right": President of Finland on Russia's participation in the second Peace Summit

Kyiv  •  UNN

July 30 2024, 08:47 AM • 26106 views

Alexander Stubb praised Zelenskyy's idea to include Russia in the upcoming Peace Summit. He believes that Ukraine is now in a stronger position than it was a few months ago and has the necessary resources to maintain its position.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's strategy to include Russia in the upcoming Peace Summit, noting that Ukraine is taking a much stronger position than a few months ago.

He said this in an interview with Le Monde, UNN reports.

Details

When asked about his assessment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's desire to include Russia in the upcoming peace summit, the Finnish president said the following:

“Zelensky is playing his cards right. From the very beginning, he wanted to have the initiative in the discussion. Now the ball is in Russia's court. Ukraine and Zelensky are in a much stronger position than they were two months ago.

According to him, Ukraine is provided with the necessary equipment, equipment and budgets to maintain its positions. He says that Ukraine is no longer in the situation of “desperation” that it was in the spring with the blocking of American aid and Europe's difficulties in delivering equipment to Kyiv.

There is no Russian breakthrough either. According to our intelligence, Russia is not advancing, and its losses are even greater than before. Putin thought that the West would get tired of the war. He thought he could wait for the American elections. But he was wrong

- Stubb said.

Recall

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has set a taskto have a plan for the second Peace Summit fully prepared in November. He also believes that Russia should be represented at the second Peace Summit.