Volodymyr Zelenskyi probably wants to avoid some proposals that are unfavorable for Ukraine, General Stanislav Koziej, former head of the National Security Bureau, told TVN24. He referred to the words of the President of Ukraine about the possibility of granting NATO membership to the part of Ukraine under its control. Michal Przedlacki of “Superwizjer” said that “this is the only real possibility to extend the security umbrella in these territories”, but he added, “he does not believe that the West will be able to provide it to Ukraine.”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gave an interview to Sky News reporter Stuart Ramsay. He was asked to comment on media reports that one of US President-elect Donald Trump's plans to end the war with Russia might be to give Kiev land it owns in exchange for Ukraine joining NATO.
– No one has suggested to us that this or that part of Ukraine becomes a member of NATO. The fact is that this is a solution that will end the hot phase of the war, because we can only give NATO membership to the part of Ukraine that is under our control, Zelensky said.
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General Koziei: this is the last line of political resistance in Ukraine
These words of Zelensky were explained in TVN24's “Facti po Faktach” by Michal Przedlacki, “Superwizjer” journalist, author of reports on the war in Ukraine, and General Stanislav Kozie, former head of the National Security Bureau and former deputy of this country. head of the Ministry of National Defense.
– This is a very important point, it is like changing the political statement of President Zelenskiy abroad. This means taking into account the reality, not only the realities of the armed front, but also the political realities and possible negotiation options that are approaching, General Koziej said.
In his opinion, “maybe President Zelensky even wants to make some proposals that look more unfavorable for Ukraine.” – I think that his project not only takes into account the realities, but also is reasonable, and in fact it is the only project of strategic importance. But Ukraine is still in a very difficult situation, because this is the last line of political resistance of Ukraine in this war, he added.
Psedlatsky: The Western world is able to support Ukraine to some extent
Michal Przedlacki said, “The Western world has been showing for three years that it is able to support Ukraine to some extent, to a certain point, it is able to give some ammunition and weapons so that the Ukrainians can fight against them. attacks Russia, but only.”
Referring to the words of Zelensky, he said that “this is the only real possibility to spread a real security umbrella in the territory under the control of Ukraine, so that the Russian army does not enter these areas.” – However, from the point of view of almost three years of war and spending more than a year at the front, I unfortunately do not believe that the Western world is united enough and ready to cooperate to give this to Ukraine, – he added.
-Ukrainians do not have enough confidence to trust the West when it comes to this important security support, because there are requests from NATO (intervention – ed.) for clear skies over Ukraine, these requests from day one is from the war – he said.
– We must remember that we live in a world where only forced solutions return. We live in the time of China, Erdogan, Israel, we live in the time of Putin. In Europe we have a second Hitler, namely Putin, but do we have a second Churchill in Europe? No, not us, he continued.
Michal Przedlacki: Western world can support Ukraine to some extent TVN24
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