(Dan Tri) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he is `not ready` to negotiate with Russia as the conflict continues to escalate.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky (Photo: Reuters).
`America knows that I am not ready to talk to them (Russia) because their words do not mean anything,` President Zelensky said in an interview with NBC on November 5.
Mr. Zelensky’s comments came after reports that US and European officials had spoken to the Ukrainian government about negotiations to end the war, and after a senior Ukrainian commander said
President Zelensky said he is `not ready` to negotiate with Russia unless its troops withdraw from Ukraine.
`Currently, I do not have any relationship with the Russian side and they know my position. They must leave our territory, only then can the world turn to diplomacy,` he said.
Ukraine’s President admitted the conflict had entered a `difficult situation`, but once again denied the conflict was deadlocked.
`On the front line, we have no air defense force. That’s not a secret. That’s why Russia controls the sky. If they still control the entire sky, we can’t move quickly towards
In a recent interview with the Economist, Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army Valery Zaluzhny said that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia has fallen into a state of stagnation along a large front line and there will be no strong breakthrough.
Previously, Mr. Zelensky also denied media reports that the US and its allies began discussing with Ukraine a scenario for peace talks and concessions to Russia.
NBC commented that this shows Western allies and partners’ concerns about the Russia-Ukraine conflict falling into deadlock, as well as concerns about their ability to continue providing aid to Ukraine.
`There will never be a situation where we sit down to negotiate and make concessions to Russia,` the Ukrainian leader declared.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive campaign has lasted more than 5 months.
Meanwhile, Russia said that Western countries were beginning to tire of providing aid to Ukraine as the war dragged on.
Mr. Zelensky is one of the Ukrainian officials who believes that the country’s military can win a conflict with Russia.