Ukrainian military experts are puzzled by Volodymyr Zelensky's words that the situation on the battlefield “creates an opportunity” to take steps to end the war in Ukraine in 2025 – although his army is currently losing towns and villages.
„In October, November and December we have a chance to move the situation towards peace and stability. The situation on the battlefield creates an opportunity to make this choice. The choice for decisive action to end the war - no later than 2025, Zelensky said.
The office of the president categorically rejects the possibility of Ukraine officially relinquishing its territories currently occupied by the Russian army.
Veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war, major of the reserve of the armed forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Getman, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, that it is “difficult to say exactly what Zelensky means by the possibility of an end to the war in 2025 ., considering the situation on the battlefield”. According to him, Ukrainian President Zelensky receives secret information in the General Staff, unavailable to the public, and thanks to this information he makes predictions.
„We understand that the words are based on very serious information available to the military-political leadership of Ukraine. We can only guess what exactly is being said there”, Getman said.
The military expert and former commander of the “Aidar“ Yevgeny Dikiy told "Espresso" television that it is absolutely incorrect to guess when the war between Russia and Ukraine will end.
Commenting on the Ukrainian President Zelensky's statement in question, Dikiy emphasized that he spoke about the “possibility of taking certain steps” to end the war in 2025, not “the possibility of ending the war” before that. “You understand how big the difference is between these two messages,”, Dickey stressed, “People hear what they want to hear,”, he said.