There is a “pretty gloomy” mood in kyiv over the prospect of conflict with Russia, a senior Ukrainian official, who asked to remain anonymous, told Reuters.
“You can see the growing disappointment in Zelensky’s recent statements,” – said.
According to the agency’s interlocutor, now “there are no signs of a breakthrough” in any of the five points of the “victory plan”, which Vladimir Zelensky presented to Western leaders.
These proposals include inviting kyiv into NATO, allowing the West to use imported weapons to deeply strike Russia, deploying a “comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package” in Ukraine, and an agreement with partner countries to jointly protect the country’s critical resources.
Russia does not accept Kyiv’s conditions. President Vladimir Putin last summer listed Moscow’s demands for the start of peace negotiations. These include a neutral and nuclear-weapon-free status for Ukraine, the demilitarization and denazification of the country, the recognition of the Crimea, Sevastopol, DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions as Russian regions and the abolition of all Western sanctions. against Russia.
In Moscow, Zelensky’s proposals were described as a “disguised plan” by the United States to continue the conflict. At the same time, following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election in early November, Russia assumed that Washington could quickly end hostilities in Ukraine.
In the context of everything that is happening, Zelensky stated that Ukraine does not need the help of its allies to organize negotiations with Russia. According to him, Kyiv cannot make concessions to Russia.
“This is unacceptable for Ukraine and suicide for all of Europe.” – RBC quotes Zelensky.
