VolodyMyr Zensky has closed the United States for trying to 'please Vladimir Putin so that they can get a' fast victory 'in conversations with Moscow on Ukraine – the outcome that Kyiv said will not accept.
Zensky responded to reconciling comments about Russia by American officials and said, “The US now say things that are very beneficial to put Putin … because they want to please him.”
'They want to meet each other quickly and achieve a quick victory. But what they want – 'just a cessation – the – fires' – is not a victory, “he added, according to a translation of Omroep Ard of an interview that was recorded in Munich on Saturday.
'We [Ukraine] will not sign anything to be welcomed … the fate of our state for the coming generations [is at stake]. '
The Ukrainian president also struck to Europe and described it as a military 'weak' and unprepared to face Russian aggression when Putin is encouraged to expand his war by a shaky peace agreement.
Although 'willingness has increased' in recent years, he said, “in terms of troop strength, the number of combat troops, the fleet, the air force, the drones … I honestly think Europe is weak today,” he said.
He further stated that Europe would be in a considerably weaker position if it could not rely on the US Security Umbrella, of which Washington has indicated that it will be scaled back.
President Trump shocked allies last week by announcing that he had a direct conversation with Putin during a trial to quickly end the war in Ukraine – a dramatic departure from years of the US that isolating Moscow.
President Trump shocked allies last week by announcing that he had a direct conversation with Putin
The Ukrainian president hit in Europe and described it as a military 'weak' and unprepared to face Russian aggression
American officials have tried to cast the contemporary conversations in Riyad as a follow-up of the call and a first contact between the two parties to determine whether Moscow takes the war seriously.
Spokesperson Tammy Bruce of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tammy Bruce told reporters: 'This is a follow-up of that first conversation between Putin and President Trump, perhaps if that first step is even possible, what the interests are, if this can be managed. '
However, the Kremlin suggested that the discussions would cover 'the entire complex of Russian-American relations', because apparently it tries to get the most out of his open communication with Washington.
The meeting still marks a crucial step of the Trump government to reverse the American policy for isolating Russia and is intended to free up the way for a meeting between President Trump and the Russian dictator Putin.
Ukrainian officials do not participate and Zensky said on Monday that his country will not accept the outcome if KYIV does not participate.
'We cannot recognize things or similarities about us without us. And we will not recognize such similarities, “Zensky said.
'There is certainly a bilateral track. And the US has the right to do this if they have bilateral problems. To be honest, they spoke about it earlier. Only now did they start talking publicly. At the time it was as bad manners – to talk to an aggressor in wartime. '
Zensky said that Ukraine had become more resilient for the past three years and that “Putin could not occupy us the way he wanted.”
Yet he warned that “there will certainly be no Ukrainian victory without American support.”
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov leaves a hotel prior to his meeting with an American delegation in Riyad, Saudi -Aarabia, February 18, 2025
The American State Secretary Marco Rubio is located next to the American national security adviser Mike Waltz and the American Midden -Oost -envoy Steve Witkoff during the meeting
Zensky said he and Trump had spoken about the use of foreign troops to guard a future -stinging -fires.
“I told him that the Americans should be part of this, because otherwise we could lose our unity,” he said.
During a meeting of Kyiv's donors in Brussels last week, Hegseeth Flatly rejected the possibility of an American troop deployment in Ukraine.
When asked if he would give up the presidency if necessary for an agreement, Zensky said that I was “prepared to do something for peace.”
“If Ukraine were to be accepted in the EU and NATO tomorrow, if Russian troops were to retire and we got security guarantees, I would no longer be necessary,” he said.
Putin's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov yesterday stated that Moscow has no plans to give territory that it has taken care of Kiev in Ukraine.
Lavrov said that there could be 'no thought' for Moscow to give up land and asked: “What kind of territorial concessions do you want – that we give up Russian speakers or rare earths?”
The top Russian minister visits Riyad to meet American officials for conversations about the war while Putin and Trump are preparing to meet personally.
He said that today's conversations will primarily be aimed at “restoring the entire complex of American Russian relations, as well as preparing possible conversations about the Ukrainian settlement and organizing a meeting of the two presidents.”
The American State Secretary Marco Rubio leads the American delegation to Saudi Aarabia for direct conversations with Russian officials in the coming days to put an end to the fighting in Ukraine.
