“President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the absolute majority of Ukrainians want a peace agreement, but do not agree to peace at the price of the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbas.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
photo from Zelensky’s Telegram channel Source: “Interfax-Ukraine” with reference to Zelensky’s words in an interview with Fox News following the negotiations with US President Donald Trump
Details: According to him, during the conversation, Trump mentioned sociological polls that indicate a high level of support for peace among Ukrainians.
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Direct speech: “People want peace. Today President Trump said: I saw polls that 85%, maybe 87%, he said, want peace, so they agree. I said: yes, you know, this is our life, 87% support peace, at the same time 85% are against the withdrawal of troops from the east, from Donbas. Everyone wants peace, but just peace.”
Details: He also emphasized that the issue of territories remains the most difficult in peace negotiations.
“All parties should understand that the worst way is to leave Donbas. This will be a big risk for Ukraine“, the president added.
Prehistory:
- On December 28, a meeting between Zelenskyi and Trump took place in the USA. After that, the presidents held a video conference with European leaders.
- At the press conference following the meeting, Trump and Zelensky announced that they it was not possible to solve the issue of Donbas.
- At the same time, the Ukrainian president noted that “The 20-point plan (the so-called “peace plan” – ed.) is 90% agreed, US security guarantees – 100%, joint US and EU security guarantees for Ukraine – almost agreed, while the military dimension (of these guarantees) is 100% agreed.”
- December 29 pDmytro Peskov, the undersecretary of the ruler of the Russian Federation, stated that the Kremlin’s condition for the cessation of hostilities is the complete withdrawal of Ukraine’s armed forces from Donbas.