“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 this country?” “This surprises us very, very much,” he said.
Heavy fire against him Emanuel Macron unleashed o Volodymyr Zelensky following the recent statements by the French President that “We are not going to humiliate Russia.”
“Some people want to be leaders … To be a leader, you do not need to consider yourself a leader, but to behave like a leader,” Zelenski said, leaving diplomacy aside in an interview with the Financial Times.
“How can we achieve a ceasefire? of fire on the territory of Ukraine without listening to the position of the country and without listening to the position of the leader of this country? “This surprises us very, very much,” he said.
In a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on May 28, the leaders of France and Germany “renewed their call for a ceasefire” and called on Putin to have direct contact with Zelensky.
In an interview published on Saturday, the French President He said: “We must not humiliate Russia, so that on the day the fighting stops we can make an exit (from the crisis) by diplomatic means. “I am convinced that France’s role is to be a mediating power.”
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
“We are not going to humiliate anyone” Zelensky replied. “We will respond in the same way.”
He said he was prepared for negotiations with Russia, but that the only person with whom he could discuss the end of the war was Putin himself.
“Any war must end at the negotiating table,” he said. “It simply came to our notice then. “I am still determined and determined, whether I like it or not, I am ready for direct negotiations with President Putin if we are ready to seriously discuss ending this war,” he said.
However, the President of Ukraine stated that “he simply can not see the conditions for ending the war “.
Zelensky noted that while “any war must end at the negotiating table”, the position of “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 inviolable sovereignty of Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
“We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory,” he said.
Cereals: Starvation warning
Zelensky also stressed that the blockade of ports by Russia, which hinders grain exports, “poses a global threat.”
“There is only one side to this threat … This is the Russian Federation. There is no dialogue here. “This is a very specific, tangible threat to Asia, Africa and some countries in Europe.”
“We understand that the consequences could be famine and migration that will affect Europe. “Therefore, the consequences can be very serious,” he said. “And everyone knows for sure that we are not going to leave Russian ships in Ukrainian ports, because they are attacking us on a daily basis, and everyone knows that Ukraine is ready to export everything (grain) that it has. “We are ready for normal civilized conditions, but on safe terms.”
“Very happy for Boris”
The President of Ukraine also stated that he was “very happy” that the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson He won a vote of confidence on Monday, saying he was a “true friend of Ukraine”.
“I am glad we did not lose “a very important ally,” Zelensky told the Financial Times. “This is great news.” “Boris is very focused on supporting Ukraine,” Zelensky said.
Johnson met with Zelensky in Kyiv in April.
