“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he does not back down from his words that Ukraine would prefer to return Crimea and become a member of NATO, but admitted that there are no conditions for this now.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Photo: Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images Source: as “European Truth” writes, he said this during an online conversation with journalists on Tuesday
Details: Zelenskyi was asked about the last interview of US President Donald Trump, in which he mentioned the Ukrainian leader’s alleged first conversation with Putin and his words that Ukraine would return Crimea and join NATO.
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Zelenskyi said that Ukraine wants to join NATO, and he considers it fair.
“But we know for sure that neither the USA nor several other countries, to be honest, do not see Ukraine in NATO yet. And Russia will certainly never see us there,” the president said.
“And today, as far as Crimea is concerned, we don’t have the strength to completely return our Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea. And maybe I said that at the first meeting (with Putin. – Ed.). And I think I was right,” he added.
Zelensky added that Ukraine “does not have the strength for all this today” and “there is not enough support for all this”, referring to the return of Crimea and NATO membership.
“But I said that at the first meeting (with Putin. – Ed.). I think I could confirm it at the last meeting with Putin,” he concluded.
It will be recalled that US President Donald Trump once again repeated the thesis that his predecessor Barack Obama “gave” Crimea to Russia, which became a key factor in the further course of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Trump also said that “there was always an understanding” that Ukraine “will never join NATO.”