Volodymyr Zelensky announced that in September he will present Biden with a plan to end the war

Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he will present Biden with a plan to end the war

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyannounced on Tuesday that it plans to present a plan to end the war to US President Joe Biden in September which will also be sent to the two candidates to replace Biden in the White House, the Democrat Kamala Harris and the republican Donald Trump.

“I think I will be able to present this plan to President Biden in September.“Zelensky said at a press conference with dozens of journalists in kyiv.

The head of the Ukrainian state added that he also will deliver the document to Harris and Trumpas Ukraine will need Washington’s support even after the US presidential elections in November.

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“The main point of this plan is to force Russia to end the war. And that is something I fervently hope for: that it will be fair for Ukraine,” he said in relation to the war that began with Russia’s large-scale invasion in February 2022.

Zelensky explained, without giving further details, that the operation that Ukraine is carrying out in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces occupy a part of the territory, is part of that plan.

The Ukrainian head of state said that the objective of taking Kursk – where kyiv controls a hundred towns and almost 1,300 square kilometers – is not an occupation but a defensive operation to “to prevent (the Russians) from taking more” Ukrainian territory.

Ukrainian service members ride in an armoured personnel carrier near the Russian border in the Sumy region (REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)

The Ukrainian president has repeatedly insisted since Ukraine began its invasion of Kursk on August 6 that kyiv has no intention of seizing foreign territories. On the contrary, it has stated that the offensive is intended to prevent cross-border attacks by Russia on its Sumy region and force Russia to come to the negotiating table “on our own terms.”

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, declared on August 19 that talks were off the table after the cross-border incursion in Kursk.

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Zekensky’s approach also consists of economic proposals, as well as on the The role that Ukraine should play in the international security architecture and on the steps that must be taken to get Russia to agree to end the war.

Zelensky said he hopes to go to the United States in September to attend the UN General Assembly in New York and is preparing to meet with Biden.

His statements indicated that sees the main potential forum for talks as a follow-up international peace summitwhere Ukraine has said it wants Russia to have representatives.

The first summit to promote kyiv’s vision of peace, held in Switzerland in June, expressly excluded Russiaalthough it attracted dozens of delegations, but not Chinathe world’s second-largest economy, despite kyiv’s efforts to win over the global South.

Asked later about the possibility that Ukraine cedes territories In any eventual negotiations, Zelensky replied that Ukrainians are “not ready” for that optionalthough he acknowledged that the decision will depend on the position of kyiv’s allies.

Zelensky during a press conference in kyiv on Monday (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

In this regard, the head of the Ukrainian state stressed the importance of decisions such as the F-16 aircraft sent to Ukraine and revealed that his army had deployed aircraft supplied by the West to counter Russia’s recent large-scale drone and missile attacks.

“We have already destroyed some missiles and drones using the F-16s.″, he said without giving further details.

The president also announced that his army had recently carried out the first successful test of a domestically produced ballistic missile.

(With information from EFE, KeynoteUSA and AFP)

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