Ukraine and its European partners will soon be ready to present to the US refined documents on the peace plan to end the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, quoted by Reuters, BTA reported.
Zelensky also said that everything depends on Russia's will to stop the hostilities. "The Ukrainian and European components are now more developed and we are ready to present them to our partners in the United States," he wrote in "Ex." "Together with the American side, we expect to quickly make potential steps as feasible as possible," the Ukrainian president said. Ukraine and its European allies are likely to insist that any ceasefire must be accompanied by security guarantees. In an interview with Politico published today, Trump pressed Zelensky to agree to the US proposal for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia, saying that Moscow retains the "advantage" and that Kiev should "play by the rules".
Ukraine has lost a lot of territory and needs to hold elections, said US President Donald Trump, repeating his strong criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Agence France-Presse reported, BTA reports. In an interview with "Politico" magazine, Trump said it was time for elections in Ukraine and accused Kiev of using the war as an argument not to hold a vote.
"Ukrainian leaders talk about democracy, but we are reaching a point where it is no longer democracy (...). The Ukrainian people should have the opportunity to make their choice," the US president said, specifying that "he doesn't know who would win" from possible elections in Ukraine.
The US president again criticized Zelensky for not reading the US peace plan for Ukraine, emphasizing that "a lot of people are dying" and it would be "very nice if he read it". According to Trump, Russia "has an advantage" and "always has", as it is "much bigger" than Ukraine, and this is a factor that "at some point will make the difference".