Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the war would end next year.
The recent victory in the American presidential election of Donald Trump, reluctant to continue aid to kyiv, has reignited the debate on negotiations.
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Towards an end to the conflict? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wanted “do everything” to obtain an end to the war in his country in 2025 by “diplomatic means”the recent victory of Donald Trump in the American presidential election having relaunched the debate on negotiations.
In an interview broadcast on Saturday, Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke of a situation “really complicated” on the eastern front, where the Russian army is advancing rapidly against fewer and less well-armed Ukrainian troops.
“We must do everything to ensure that this war ends next year. We must end it by diplomatic means”he said in an interview with Ukrainian radio.
He estimated that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was trying to get out of his “political isolation” by talking to leaders. But “Putin doesn’t want peace at all”he said. The debate on possible peace negotiations, long swept aside by Volodymyr Zelensky, has intensified in recent weeks against a backdrop of rapid Russian advances in the Donbass (east) and Western procrastination on the military aid to be provided to kyiv.
