Zelensky to present 'victory plan' to Biden this month
The so-called "plan for victory" of Ukraine over Russia is "fully prepared". Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Wednesday.
President Zelensky called his new initiative, which he unveiled a few weeks ago at the forum "Ukraine 2024 Independence" in Kiev, a straightforward "victory plan". "The plan must force Russia to end the war through diplomatic means. It will inevitably end through dialogue, but we must be able to start these negotiations from a position of strength," the Ukrainian president said combatively.
In the meantime, the plan has been completed and Zelensky will soon present it to his American counterpart. The Ukrainian president therefore hopes that the US will join his plan to force Moscow to end this war. "The eventual success of the plan depends on him (Biden, ed.): will the US give us what's in the plan and will we be free to implement it?", Zelensky asked. In doing so, he is once again putting pressure on Washington to allow Western long-range weapons to be used against targets deep inside Russia.
Zelensky will travel to the US next week to address a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Will he also sit down with Biden at the table?
"The most important thing now is the will to implement it. There is and can be no alternative to peace, no pause in war or other manipulations that only displace Russian aggression," Zelensky said during his daily address. "All the important points and aspects" in the plan are ready, he said.
Will we see a breakthrough next week?
(MH with SR for Tagtik/Illustration: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
