Ukraine’s ‘Victory Plan’ ready, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that his so-called “Victory Plan” was now complete. According to Zelenskyy, the plan is intended to bring peace to the war-torn country, while also avoiding all “frozen conflicts.”
“The most important thing is the determination to implement it,” the Ukrainian leader said, while not giving any information regarding the plan’s content.
Last month, Zelenskyy pledged to present his plan to US President Joe Biden.
Russia said it is willing to negotiate but ruled out any discussions while Ukrainian soldiers remain in its Kursk region.Trump to ‘probably’ meet Zelenskyy next week
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he will “probably” meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the latter visits the US next week.
The two have not talked in person since Trump’s previous term as president.
Trump has consistently described US aid to Ukraine as a waste of money.Ukrainian lawmaker warns of ‘bigger war’ in conversation with DW
Speaking to Tim Sebastian on DW’s Conflict Zone program, Ukrainian lawmaker Kira Rudik said that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are “getting ready for a bigger war.
Rudik as an opposition MP and the leader of the liberal Holos party.
“It’s time for the leaders of the West to wake up to the point that Russia and China and Iran and North Korea, they are getting ready for a bigger war,” she said, adding that Ukraine was “just the frontline.”
She said that she still believed in a Ukrainian victory in the war despite delayed arms deliveries from Western allies.
Rudik said that Ukraine was “facing an incredibly hard winter.”
“I’m not sure our energy system will be able to sustain yet another massive attack on it.”
She called for Western states to give Kyiv perZelenskyy says Kyiv has prepared ‘victory plan’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine had “fully prepared” its “victory plan” to end the war with Russia.
“Today we can say that our victory plan has been fully prepared — all the points,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address.
“Everything has been worked out. The most important thing now is the determination to implement it.”
Zelenskyy said that he planned to discuss the plan with Biden this month.
There cannot be any alternative to peace, any freezing of the war or any other manipulations that will simply move the Russian aggression to another stage. We need reliable and lasting security for Ukraine, and therefore for the whole of Europe,” he said.
He said that he aims to host another international peace summit in November to which Russia will be invited. Russia was invited to a previous peace summit hosted by Switzerland.
The announcement comes as Russian forces press on in advance in eastern Ukraine and with Ukrainian forces controlling territory in Russia’s western Kursk region.
