Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said “We hope that we can complete this war this year” on the third anniversary of the Russian full invasion.
But he warned that Ukraine needs a security guarantee to prevent returns in Moscow, suggesting EU and NATO membership. Russia consistently opposed the idea of Ukraine to join NATO.
Earlier, Zelensky said that the peacekeeping job with Russia could start with “full” by exchanging prisoners of war.
Zelensky spoke at the European leader’s summit, plus Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudea, who was in Kiev to show his support.
Speaking at the press conference, Zelensky asked what his hopes were for Ukraine and her people after three years of war.
“We hope that we can finish the war this year,” he replied, adding that it was “very difficult” for the whole nation.
In the short term, he said that Ukraine was needed a security guarantee to prevent Russia returned to the years to come.
Entering the EU and NATO would soon “help us” much, “he added.
Zelensky recently said that he would be willing to dispose of himself as the president if Ukraine became a member of NATO in return. Russia said it would not accept it as part of any peace deal.
They asked him about the US and his relationship with the President Donald Trump several times, but did not answer directly. Zelensky said he hopes that “the United States will continue support, as well as all partners.”
Last week, Trump was called the Ukrainian President of the “Dictator” and said he had done a “terrible job” of the leading Ukraine. He followed Zelensky’s saying that Trump “lived in a misinformation area” managed by Moscow.
Trump repeatedly called on “fast peace” – the end of hostility to see in Ukraine to brought significant concessions in Russia.
Zelensky also said that the complete inmate of the war with Russia could be the “beginning” of the end of the war.
There were 60 prisoners between the two sides, because the war began, including one in December which includes hundreds of prisoners replaced.
“This is a fair and only option,” Zelensky said, notify that there are thousands of Ukrainians in Russia – some who were held from the cover of the Crimea in 2014. Years.
Ukraine does not publish the numbers of the war for the prisoners held by Russia, but it is considered to be more than 8,000.
Attendees in the summit included the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Council Antonio Costa and the leaders of Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Norway, Spain and Sweden.
Other leaders, including from the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan, spoke videos. There was no sign of the American national team.
Trudeau said that “may no longer mean the right in this world” – in an obvious reference to recent high-level conversations between Russia and the USA.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederixen said “opened” about the sending of peace troops in Ukraine if and when the war ended, but he added that “first question” first must be answered first.
“In this struggle for survival, it is not just the destiny of Ukraine, which is in question. It is the fate of Europe,” Von Der Leyen wrote to X.
At the press conference, she said that Ukraine could join the European Union before 2030. If it continues the speed and quality of their reforms.
The summit was happening in front of the French President Emmanuel Macrone with Trump in Washington, where Ukraine would be the top of the agenda.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died since Russia launched his full invasion three years ago, while the Great bandages were destroyed in Ukraine.
2025-02-24 19:59:00
