Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stressed that no country or world leader has the right to negotiate with Russia on behalf of Ukraine. He noted that any dialogue with the Kremlin must be held according to an agreed action plan and only from a position of strength.

Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted that no world leader has the right to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of Ukraine.

Speaking to Le Parisien readers, Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine alone determines its future and any dialogue with Russia must follow a peace plan based on strength and international support.

He warned against negotiating without clear guarantees of security, highlighting the risks of Putin resuming aggression after a ceasefire.

Zelenskyy called for a strategy ensuring Ukraine’s long-term stability and security, beyond NATO or EU membership timelines.

    • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
      39·
      4 days ago

      And take their aid along with them?

      What if this means Ukraine is no longer able to defend itself?

      • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        4 days ago

        Then they can fuck off across the ocean with their aid. Ukraine isn’t the US’s puppet.

          • Maalus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            4 days ago

            Uh huh, it would be less a russian puppet than the US negotiating another countries’ fate.

          • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 days ago

            to paraphrase an old Polish quote, (on dealing with Russians) “The Rubble is preferable to Russian Dominion”

            • john89@lemmy.caEnglish
              17·
              4 days ago

              Maybe it’s just me, but life in Ukraine didn’t look all that different from life in Russia before the invasion.

              Both nations are far behind the civilized world when it comes to social issues. Corruption was cited as a major reason for denying Ukraine entrance into NATO.

              • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
                31·
                4 days ago

                Maybe it’s just me, but life in Ukraine didn’t look all that different from life in Russia before the invasion.

                You mean apart from all the dead Ukrainians and the ethnic cleansing and the kidnapped children and such?

              • DicJacobus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                4 days ago

                the difference beforehand was that prior to the shooting (big shooting at least). One was a flawed democracy that was trying to improve, and trying to do to itself what Poland did to itself after 20-30 years in NATO and EU.

                the other was an authoritarian mob state. going from one to the other, was evidently worth fighting to the death over, I am inclined to agree.