Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky chose to turn his fire on Emmanuel Macron today. The attack was spurred by the French president's statements in which he said that "we are not going to humiliate Russia."
The Ukrainian president in a statement to the Financial Times targeted Macron, saying that "some people want to be leaders. To be a leader, you don't need to consider yourself a leader, but to behave like a leader."
"How can we achieve a ceasefire on the territory of Ukraine without listening to the position of the country and without listening to the position of the leader of that country?"
Zelensky asked, noting that this is something that surprises him.
It is worth noting that Macron's statement that angered Zelensky was made during an interview with the French president published on Saturday and expressed the position that "we should not humiliate Russia so that the day the fighting stops we can build a way out of the crisis through diplomatic means. I am convinced that it is France's role to be a mediating power."
"We are not going to humiliate anyone, but we will respond in the same way," argued Zelensky, who said he was ready for negotiations with Moscow, but said that the only person who can speak is Vladimir Putin."
"Any war must end at the negotiating table."
"Any war must end at the negotiating table."
"Any war must end at the negotiating table. That is exactly how it happened in history. I am still committed and determined, whether I want it or not, I am ready for direct negotiations with President Putin if we are ready to seriously discuss ending this war. Putin cannot see the conditions for ending the war," Zelensky said.
He noted, however, that "victory must be achieved on the battlefield."
"Independence, in my opinion, and in the opinion of most of our people, means the recovery of all our territories, the restoration of all our territorial integrity and the inalienable sovereignty of Ukraine," Zelensky said, saying that Ukraine has died a lot to cede its territories to Russia.
Source: in.gr
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