Ukraine should join NATO, loss of territory is not up for discussion. These are just two points from Volodymyr Zelensky’s idea for an end to the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented his previously unpublished “victory plan” in the defensive war against Russia to parliament on Wednesday. The plan is about “strengthening our country and our positions,” said Zelensky. The goal is to be “strong enough to end the war.”
A central point is NATO’s invitation for Ukraine to join, “now,” said the president in a speech to MPs in Kiev. Russia undermined European security with its war against Ukraine because Kiev is not a member of the Western military alliance. Zelensky ruled out ceding Ukrainian territories to Russia. “Russia must lose the war against Ukraine,” emphasized the Ukrainian president. Russia must be persuaded to “take part in a peace summit and be ready to end the war.” Zelensky also advocated “a comprehensive package of non-nuclear strategic deterrence measures” on Ukrainian territory “to protect Ukraine from any military threat from Russia.”
Russia rejects Ukraine’s “victory plan”.
Russia rejected Zelensky’s “victory plan”. “The only peace plan that can exist is for the Kiev regime to recognize the futility of its policies and understand that it needs to sober up,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow.
Last week, Zelensky visited Berlin, London, Paris and Rome to call for further support in the fight against the Russian invading troops. In view of the superior Russian air force, Ukraine is particularly demanding more fighter jets and better air defense. In his speech in parliament, Zelensky called on Ukraine’s allies to “remove restrictions on the use of long-range weapons” in attacks on Russian-occupied territories and targets in Russia.
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Zelensky offers allies raw materials in return
In return, Zelensky offers Western allies access to his country’s valuable raw materials. He cited uranium, titanium, lithium and graphite as examples. Ukraine has valuable raw materials “worth trillions of dollars,” he said. The question is whether these resources in global competition fell to Russia and its allies or remained with Ukraine and – as he said – the democratic world.
Source: Stern
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