Main theses of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in interview with Sky News
Key statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with the British TV channel Sky News:
▫️The main goal of the joint meeting of the leaders of Ukraine, the UK, France, and Germany is to discuss Europe’s representation at the negotiating table with russia. Ukraine has always tried to involve Europe in mediation.
▫️One of the priorities of the talks in London is to ensure air defense, including Ukraine’s anti-ballistic capabilities.
▫️The russians are sending various public and private signals about their position on ending the war. This makes it impossible to understand their true intentions.
▫️The decision to end the war depends solely on putin. If he is ready to stop the war, Ukraine is ready for negotiations in any format as soon as possible.
▫️Ukrainian drone attacks on military targets in st. petersburg and the moscow region are a response to daily massive russian shelling of civilian targets. Ukraine is showing the russians that the war is returning to the territory from which it came.
▫️The kremlin has completely shut down the internet and blocked alternative sources of information for its population. russian society lives, sincerely believing that they did not attack anyone, but only “defended russian-speakers”.
▫️The open letter was intended to force putin to respond publicly and show the russian society, which lives in illusions, the real state of affairs. Before this, putin claimed “readiness to talk”, but accused Kyiv of refusing. Thus, Ukraine sought to put an end to these manipulations.
