Posted on 03/01/2025 11:25:28 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to social media Saturday to clarify comments he made during the contentious back-and-forth with President Trump at the White House a day earlier, saying lasting peace in Eastern Europe would be “difficult” without U.S. support.
Zelensky, in a lengthy thread on the social platform X, expressed gratitude for the U.S. assistance to Kyiv during Russia’s three-year invasion of his country, reiterated the two nations’ “strategic” partnership and said no one wants peace more than Ukraine.
“We’ve been fighting for 3 years, and Ukrainian people need to know that America is on our side,” Zelensky wrote, adding that Kyiv needs to be “strong” during peace agreement talks.
“Peace can only come when we know we have security guarantees, when our army is strong, and our partners are with us,” he said.
“It will be difficult without the U.S. support. But we can’t lose our will, our freedom, or our people. We’ve seen how Russians came to our homes and killed many people,” the Ukrainian leader continued. “Nobody wants another wave of occupation. If we cannot be accepted to NATO, we need some clear structure of security guarantees from our allies in the U.S.”
Zelensky, while acknowledging Trump’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about negotiating an end to the war, argued that a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine would not work, pointing to several deals Putin has “broken” in the past. He said that while the minerals deal should go forward, it may still not be “enough.”
“We want peace. That’s why I came to the United States, and visited President Trump. The deal on minerals is just a first step toward security guarantees and getting closer to peace,” the Ukrainian president wrote Saturday. “Our situation is tough, but we can’t...”
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Peace is only achievable without Zelenksy involved.
Peace can only come when we know we have security guarantees, when our army is strong, and our partners are with us,” he said.
thats a hard no on security guarantees (boots on the ground)
gfy z
Europe’s combined GDP is 28 trillion dollars.
I had no idea.
Let them fund the war and put boots on the ground.
It’s their backyard, not ours.
Z keeps talking about “partners” as if we are allies. We are not. For three years Z dealt with a corrupt man with dementia who did not want his corruption exposed so he gave hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars to Ukraine.
Unfortunately, President Trump needs to make an example of Z, whether that means a Z apology or a Z resignation.
Peace ‘will be difficult’ without US
Not at all.
In fact, pull ALL of our aid, and peace will come very quickly.
Zelensky is Ukraine’s problem. He needs to go. Its the only way the country can move forward IMO.
No it won’t. You have all of europe on your side.
let them take our place...
Oh wait. ya, you are f****d.
That's the monkey wrench that destroys any security guarantee. A recipe for WWIII.
Z needs to give up on becoming a NATO member, a non-starter for end of hostilities. Russia will not allow Ukraine to join NATO. Never, unless Russia is defeated, and that is not going to happen. Let Europe clean up their own mess, and leave the USA out of it.
Elite Stream Media may eat up the con man’s “tweet” diplomacy, but no one believes he writes his own social media posts as does Trump.
Trust is built through in person, face to face meetings.
And frankly the little fella lost the plot as the Brits say when he showed up at White House for the MOST critical meeting of his dictatorship wearing his para-military costume and channeling Fidel when he came to NYC in 1959 to address the Council on Foreign Relations.
That's the quiet part that Zelensky is reluctant to discuss.
He wants to keep his gravy train going, but his handlers do as well.
Classic non-apology apology. Sorry that you misunderstood what I said. Can you give us what we demand now?
No.
Send someone to sign the mineral deal.
Then we will make the best deal with Russia for you and the best deal is no more Ukraine dying in a losing war.
Peace in Ukraine would NOT be difficult without the US.
Why would Russia fight with itself over its reclaimed territory? (The result within a year or less if the US cuts off aid.)
No Zelenskyy, know peace.
And he misspelled *impossible*
Dance Z, dance.
should have thought of that before he dropped trou in the Oval
The only thing you've been "fighting for" these past four years meathead, has been making sure you keep your place in the queue line to collect your U.S. taxpayer-funded paycheck.
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