Ukraine’s neutrality, nonnuclear status. Compromise in Donbass, but no to demilitarization of the country. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, in an interview with Russian media, points to the points on which an agreement to end the war could be reached with Moscow. In the interview, Zelenskyy also accuses Vladimir Putin of prolonging the war by delaying the peace negotiations. The video of the hourandahalf interview was published by the independent portal Meduza after the Russian media authority Roskomnadzor banned the newspapers of the journalists involved including Kommersant and Novaya Gazeta from publishing the interview.
“We want to reduce the number of casualties, the duration of the war as much as possible, we want the troops to withdraw to the positions before the attack,” says Zelenskyy, offering “a compromise on the difficult issue of Donbass.” . “We won’t even sit down at a table if they only want to talk about demilitarization or denazification, but these are incomprehensible things,” he clarifies, but emphasizes that he is not “against” the talks with the Russians that were granted there Results”.
“I understand that it is impossible to force Russia to completely liberate the Ukrainian territories, because this would lead to the third World Cup, I understand it perfectly he says but I say that this is a compromise: go there back to where it all started and let’s try to solve the difficult problem of Donbass”.
Zelenskyy says he is ready for a new prisoner exchange after March 24: “The lists are being drawn up, we have the data of all the captured soldiers.” Readiness for agreements on the recognition of the Russian language in Ukraine: “I am sure that the language issue will be at the heart of the negotiations”.
In particular, the President focuses on the drama of the city of Mariupol. “It is a humanitarian catastrophe because it is impossible to bring food, water, medicine, the Russian military is bombing the humanitarian convoys, they are killing the drivers, he said, denouncing in particular the “forced deportation of people to Russia 2 thousand Children.
“The reality is that the city is completely blocked by the Russian army, all entrances and exits from the city of Mariupol are blocked, the port is mined,” says Zelenskyy, reiterating that the “humanitarian catastrophe inside the city is clear “. . Regarding the deportations to Russia, he said that “according to our information, more than 2,000 children were abducted, ie stolen. The exact destination is unknown. They are both with and without parents. “It’s a disaster, it’s scary, they’re held as souls for an exchange. So that you understand how the city is, there are corpses on the streets, on the sidewalks he concludes the corpses are simply left behind, nobody removes them, Russian soldiers and citizens Ukrainians “.