Six months after the start of the war, peace is not on the agenda. This Tuesday, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said at a press conference that the conditions were not met to negotiate a ceasefire with Moscow, can be read in a press release from the presidential services.
“At the point we are at, we are not ready for a ceasefire. We have explained that there will be no Minsk-3, Minsk-5 or Minsk-7”, he says referring to the agreements signed in this Belarusian city in 2014 and then in 2015.
But by recognizing the independence of Luhansk and Donetsk a few days before the start of the war, Vladimir Putin rendered these agreements obsolete.
Zelensky wants more weapons
A new “Minsk” would be a “trap”, says the Ukrainian president. “We will not play these games, we have lost part of our territories in this way,” laments Volodymyr Zelensky.
Above all, a signed ceasefire under current conditions would mean a significant loss of territory for Ukraine, without any access to the sea. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, after a few months or a few years, Russia could even relaunch an offensive to seize Odessa. , or even kyiv, the capital of the country.
Therefore, the Ukrainian president calls for the fight to continue and for his international partners to increase support for Kyiv. “Si nous passons du language des émotions et de l’humanité à celui de l’argent, alors mettre fin à cette guerre pllus tôt sera moins cher. Et cela signfie nous donner des armes, c’est très simple”, at -él spear.
Source: BFM TV
