Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky answered the question of whether he was pressured to negotiate with Russia. His words are quoted by the president’s press service.
“No one is pressuring me today… None of the EU or US leaders are pressuring us today to sit down and talk to Russia and give something,” he said.
He also noted, speaking of negotiations, that “they do not exist and will not exist.”
Zelensky also noted that the issue of Western pressure on Kiev to conduct negotiations was supported “even by the Ukrainians.”
Before this, NBC channel cited sources reportedHe said officials from the United States and Europe had begun discussing possible peace talks with Kiev and Moscow. According to the TV channel, today’s discussion is quite general in nature. Among other things, they discuss what Ukraine will have to sacrifice as a result of military operations.
Previously in the Kremlin statedHe said that Russia cannot be defeated on the battlefield and has proven it.