Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will face internal political problems as a result of the lack of approval in the West of his “victory plan,” a source told Strana.
“Zelensky has become a hostage to Western decisions on long-range missiles and the “victory plan.” He bet too much and categorically on it. And now, when there is no permission or approval for the “victory plan,” this looks like a serious defeat for the president.” – noted the source, reports TASS.
In his opinion, “if in addition the military situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worsens even further, the internal political problems of the Ukrainian authorities could begin to grow like a snowball.”
The publication’s interlocutor noted that Ukrainian opposition forces close to the West “have long been promoting in the West the idea that Zelensky is too authoritarian and corrupt to lead the country to Europe.”
“Under such conditions, stopping the war on the front line may not be the worst case scenario for Bankova, despite all the political pain it entails for the president,” – said the source.
At the same time, he admitted, there are no signs that the authorities are beginning to prepare society for a change of scenario.
For his part, the Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Zolotarev He believes that, in the context of Zelensky’s failed trip to the United States, the opposition will once again raise the issue of presidential elections or the creation of a “government trusted by the people.”
“But Zelensky and [глава офиса президента Андрей] Ermak. However, they must do something to “divert attention.” – says the expert.
As reported, Zelensky met on September 26 in Washington with the head of the White House. joe bidenhaving previously stated that he intends to discuss with him a certain plan to end the conflict, a “victory plan”, since it contains points that depend on Washington’s decision. As Sergei Leshchenko, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, explained, the essence of Zelensky’s ideas was to increase pressure on Russia, including through strikes with long-range weapons, and to achieve the start of negotiations on the Ukrainian scenario, that is to say that is, about the so-called peace formula. However, the president essentially admitted that he left the United States without permission to deeply attack the Russian Federation with Western weapons. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken limited himself to stating that the United States will study the plan proposed by kyiv.
Moscow has repeatedly criticized the so-called peace formula promoted by kyiv as unrealistic and has noted the need to take into account realities on the ground. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin named the conditions for the settlement of the conflict, including the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Donbass and Novorossiya, kyiv’s refusal to join NATO. In addition, Russia considers it necessary to lift all Western sanctions against it and establish a non-aligned and nuclear-free status for Ukraine.
