« JHe thinks Putin is crazy. Yes, really, I’m sure he thinks he’s crazy too. It’s true. He loves to kill. It’s very dangerous for everyone. » This is the state of mind Volodymyr Zelensky was in this Thursday in Brussels, leaving a conclave with European leaders. Suffice it to say that the Ukrainian president did not do diplomatic tricks and bluntly rejected any ceasefire initiative that was not accompanied by solid security guarantees for his country. A dismissal addressed directly to Viktor Orban, whose attitude he considers “too warm” towards Vladimir Putin. The Hungarian Prime Minister had mentioned a sort of Christmas truce with an exchange of prisoners.
The idea of a ceasefire is mainly supported by Donald Trump in the United States. But the American president-elect refuses to bring Ukraine into NATO. For kyiv, the question is existential: how to ensure that Russia will not take advantage of a break in fighting to rebuild its forces? “What will happen in two months, six months, a year, two years? » asks President Zelensky, who refuses to see his country become the theater of an intermittent war.
No negotiation under threat
For him, there is no question of negotiating under threat. German diplomats who witnessed the recent telephone conversation between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin assure that the […] Read more
