Donald Trump has boasted that if he were president again, he could end Russia’s war with Ukraine. But Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called bullshit, saying that Trump already had his chance to end Vladimir Putin’s aggression against his country.
Zelensky added that Trump’s idea of ending the war might be for Ukraine to cede some of its land to Russia. “If we are talking about ending the war at the cost of Ukraine, in other words to make us give up our territories, well, I think, in this way, Biden could have brought it to an end even in five minutes, but we would not agree,” he said.
In recent weeks, world leaders have debated the merits of admitting Ukraine to NATO, which would give it the guarantee of NATO protection in a war with Russia. Zelensky said he hopes that even if Ukraine is not invited to join the alliance, that it will give his nation security guarantees regardless. If those guarantees are not on the table, however, he may not attend NATO’s upcoming summit.
“If there is no unity regarding the technical invitation for Ukraine to join the alliance, it’s all a matter of political will just to find the proper wording and invite Ukraine,” he said. “It would be an important message to say that NATO is not afraid of Russia. Ukraine should get clear security guarantees while it is not in NATO. And that is a very important point. Only under these conditions our meeting would be meaningful. Otherwise, it’s just another politics.
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