He ruled out any possibility of Ukraine ceding territory or accepting a frontline freeze to end the war with Russia.
V. Zelensky, during the presentation of his “plan for victory” in Parliament, called on the West to invite Ukraine to become a member of NATO.
“Russia must lose the war against Ukraine. There can be no “freezing” (of the forehead). There can be no trade-off regarding Ukraine’s territory or its sovereignty,” he told parliamentarians.
Zelensky called on his allies to “force Russia to participate in a peace summit and prepare to end the war” by avoiding the deployment of nuclear deterrents on Ukrainian soil.
The Ukrainian leader again demanded that Kiev’s Western allies “lift restrictions on the use of long-range weapons throughout Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory and on Russian territory”, as well as to continue assistance to “equip reserve brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces”.
Presents the “winning plan”
Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he will present his “victory plan” at the EU summit in Brussels tomorrow, Thursday, at the invitation of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel.
“Tomorrow I will present publicize the winning plan during a session of the European Council,” he said.
The Ukrainian president also criticized the support of China, North Korea and Iran for Russia’s war effort, denouncing a “coalition of criminals”.
Without the men and resources to resist on the eastern front, where Russia is slowly advancing on the ground, Ukraine expects the end of the war in 2025, but still sees its cities and energy infrastructures destroyed by Moscow.
The Russian military today announced the capture of two more villages, Nevelske, in Luhansk province, and Krasniy Yar, about 12 kilometers from Pokrovsk, a railway and road hub for Ukrainian forces.