Published on 16/11/2024 23:37
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War in Ukraine: towards peace in 2025, at what price?
Is the end of the war in Ukraine being imposed on kyiv? Volodymyr Zelenski, the Ukrainian president, advocates diplomatic peace for 2025. At the same time, Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, has reestablished telephone connection with Vladimir Putin.
(Franceinfo)
Is the end of the war in Ukraine being imposed on kyiv? Volodymyr Zelenski, the Ukrainian president, advocates diplomatic peace for 2025. At the same time, Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, has reestablished telephone connection with Vladimir Putin.
Negotiating with Russia is an idea that has long been brushed aside by Volodymyr Zelensky since the start of the war. But given the speed of Russian progress on the military level, the Ukrainian president is opening the way to peace negotiations. “We must do everything in our power to bring this war to a diplomatic end next year.”he explains. Negotiations only possible if Ukraine is not alone against Russia, according to the Ukrainian president.
Ukraine fears seeing European unity in its favor weaken. Yesterday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by telephone with Vladimir Putin, a first for a European leader in two years. An approach strongly criticized by Volodymyr Zelenski, who accuses Olaf Scholz of having opened a Pandora’s box with this call, helping to bring Vladimir Putin out of his isolation.
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