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Russia claims it has opened a land corridor to Crimea through occupied Ukrainian territory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Tuesday that he “merely can not see the preconditions for ending the conflict.”
In a broadcast interview with the Monetary Instances, Zelensky stated that whereas “any conflict ought to be ended on the negotiating desk,” the place for “victory should be achieved on the battlefield.”
He conceded that “restoring the borders that we managed earlier than twenty fourth of February” — the date of the large Russian invasion — may very well be thought-about a “critical momentary victory.” However he insisted that it was a “conflict for independence.”
“Independence in my view, and within the opinion of most of our individuals, is regaining all of our territories, restoring all of our territorial integrity and inviolable sovereignty of Ukraine,” Zelensky stated.
“Now we have already misplaced too many individuals to easily cede our territory,” he stated.
He reserved significantly harsh criticism for French President Emmanuel Macron over current remarks he made that “we’re not going to humiliate Russia.”
“Some individuals wish to be leaders. With a purpose to be a pacesetter, you do not want to think about your self one, however to be behave as a pacesetter,” Zelensky stated. “How can we obtain a ceasefire within the territory of Ukraine with out listening to the place of nation, and with out listening to place of the chief of this nation? That is very, very stunning.”
In a cellphone name with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Might 28, the leaders of France and Germany “renewed their demand for a ceasefire” and referred to as on Putin to have a direct trade with Zelensky.
In an interview revealed Saturday, the French President stated, “We should not humiliate Russia in order that the day when the combating stops we are able to construct an exit ramp by means of diplomatic means. I’m satisfied that it’s France’s function to be a mediating energy.”
“We aren’t going to humiliate anybody,” Zelensky stated. “We’re going to reply in sort.”
Zelensky stated that Macron, as a pacesetter of the Normandy Format of negotiations that existed earlier than Russia’s expanded Feb. 24 invasion, “has a profound understanding of all the small print, of all the small print of all of the preparations made with the Russian Federation, and with Russia’s failure to adjust to these accords.”
He stated that he was ready for negotiations with Russia, however that the one particular person able to discussing an finish to the conflict was Putin himself.
“Any conflict ought to be ended on the negotiating desk,” he stated. “That is precisely the way it has occurred in historical past. I’m nonetheless resolute and decided, whether or not I would like it or not, I’m prepared for direct negotiations with President Putin if we’re prepared to debate placing an finish to this conflict severely.”
Zelensky additionally stated Russia’s blockade of ports, which is stopping grain exports, “is a menace of world magnitude.”
“There is only one facet to this menace; that is the Russian Federation. There isn’t a dialogue right here. This can be a very concrete, tangible menace to Asia, Africa, and sure nations in Europe,” he stated.
“We perceive that the following penalties may be famine and migration that’s going to have an effect on Europe. So the results may be very extreme,” he stated. “And everybody is aware of for a incontrovertible fact that we’re not going to let Russian ships to Ukrainian ports, as a result of they assault us each day, and everybody is aware of that Ukraine is able to export all the pieces that we’ve got. We’re prepared for a standard civilized circumstances, however on protected phrases.”