Posted on 04/25/2022 3:06:56 PM PDT by elpadre
KYIV. April 25 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he would wish to follow a diplomatic path to resolve the military standoff between Ukraine and Russia.
"I want to stop the war and put an end to it. There is a diplomatic path and a military one. Any healthy person always chooses a diplomatic path because they know that, even if it's difficult, it could prevent the loss of thousands or tens of thousands" lives, Zelensky said at a press conference in Kyiv on Saturday.
"And any leader, whether he wants it personally or not, has no right to reject a diplomatic path subjectively," he said.
"The most relevant issues [in talks with Russia] are security guarantees and neutrality, as well as the fate of Donbas and Crimea. I believe no other issues exist," Zelensky said.
He warned that Ukraine might withdraw from the negotiating process, in particular, if "a pseudo-referendum on setting up a so-called KhPR [Kherson People's Republic] and other pseudo-republics" is arranged.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said in commenting on this remark on Monday that Moscow is unaware of any preparations for a referendum in Kherson.
"I haven't heard anything," Rudenko said when asked by journalists on Monday to comment on media reports that Russian authorities are preparing a referendum in Kherson.
I don’t believe Biden’s crew favors a diplomatic resolution. They need this to be a bloody war in November.
Will not be a diplomatic solution with the Bandera factions running about in the Ukraine.
Zelensky manages a cease fire..the Soros/Bandera factions will continue on fighting.
Those weapons we send over are most likely getting stockpiled by those radical factions for that reason.
I don’t believe Biden’s crew favors a diplomatic resolution. They need this to be a bloody war in November.
What a difference a month makes. Globohomo boy went from “We will fight until we can win back our land” to wanting a diplomatic path.
Yep, I’m thinking they got beat. Hard.
And even if they "win" and drive every single Russian out of Ukraine, the country is already beat to hell and back. I can't see Russia agreeing to pay to rebuild.
Clearly a better man than Putin, by any measure.
Who’s going to pay for rebuilding?
Im afraid you are correct.
Last check from America didn’t clear???
Zelensky is a lot like Jalal Talabani in Iraq, or Ashraf Gani in Afghanistan.
His main power is his connection to the USA, its money, its media, its weapons and NATO. He doesn’t fully control what we consider to be his own government, and he certainly doesn’t control all the armed players in Ukraine.
There are factions in Ukraine who will possibly assassinate him if he tried to make peace, and his patrons in the West also want Ukraine to keep fighting Russia.
He’s smarter than Putin. He’s grifted a ton of money from the US treasury and has access to the Biden criminals at a whim.
The second I saw the title that’s exactly what I thought. It was weeks ago the Turks had almost successfully negotiated a deal between the two nations. The West is/was pushing Ukraine, long before there was ever any war.
I’m sure (z)Alinsky will negotiate in good faith
Just like the DNC, TalyBiden , HHS, Pelosi, ECT.
Maybe TalyBiden upped his cut
to
%90 Joe ,
%10 (z)Alinsky
I hope this bears fruit though.
BS, he just asked for money and weapons.
The US and EU.
Should have done that when it was first offered. Needless lives lost
He says he wants the Ruskies to give up the Eastern territories, and go back to the borders before the invasion. Putin won’t agree to that.
He gets some, the swamp gets a lot, the big guy gets his cut. Hunter is lined up for some more crack whores. It's win-win-win.
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