President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Western partners should focus on containing Russia rather than trying to appease Putin, as he has no intention of ending the war voluntarily.
“My opinion is that they should stop the Russians, not try to please them. Because they will lie anyway. They only care about themselves and their own interests,” he said.
He stressed that Putin does not want to end this war, but not wanting to does not mean that he will not do so under pressure. According to the president, Putin has already started World War III, and Ukraine is currently preventing it from escalating into a full-scale global conflict, the BBC reports.
Zelensky rejected proposals for territorial concessions in exchange for a temporary truce. He explained that retreating from the remaining territories of Donetsk Oblast would lead to a split in Ukrainian society and leave hundreds of thousands of people at the mercy of fate.
Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine is counting on long-term security guarantees from the US, which should be enshrined in Congress and not depend solely on the personal position of an individual president.
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