While the Russian Federation are taking up territory with a speed that makes it incredibly hard to even enumerate the towns and villages conquered, and with the main defense lines in the vital Donetsk region seemingly about to crumble, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky keeps on unabated with his foreign trips asking for more money, weapons, planes, missiles – the works.
But in the last few days Zelensky introduced a new talking point in which he states that the active phase of hostilities in the war may be imminent.
During his trip to the UK, he said that he hopes to see the end of the ‘hot stage’ of the war with Russia by late 2024.
The New York Post reported:
“‘I believe that if we are united and follow, for example, the format of the peace summit, we can end the hot stage of the war’, Zelensky told the BBC, adding ‘we can try to do it by the end of this year’.”
The Ukrainian leader didn’t get into particulars regarding what that actually means.
“’It doesn’t mean that all territories are won back by force’, he added. ‘I think the power of diplomacy can help. By putting pressure on Russia, I think it is possible to agree to a diplomatic settlement’.”
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