New York: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he would present a plan to US President Joe Biden on how he intends to end the war with Russia. Addressing the press, he said this month’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is part of a larger plan to end the war in his country.
”The main point of this plan is to force Russia to end the war. And I want that very much – (that it would be) fair for Ukraine,” he told reporters in Kyiv, adding that he will also present the plan to presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
While he did not elaborate further on the next steps, Zelenskyy said that the war with Russia would eventually end in dialogue, but that Kyiv had to be in a strong position. The Ukrainian leader has been adamant that Russia wants to dictate terms to Ukraine in any settlement of the war, which is unacceptable to Kyiv.
According to a Reuters report, Putin has said any deal needs to start with Ukraine’s acceptance of “realities on the ground”, that would leave Russia with possession of substantial chunks of four Ukrainian regions as well as Crimea. Now Ukraine says it controls more than 1,200 square km (463 sq miles) of Russia’s Kursk region.
”There can be no compromises with Putin, dialogue today is in principle empty and meaningless because he does not want to end the war diplomatically,” Zelenskyy said at the news conference.
