Ukrainian President Rejects Negotiations with ‘Terrorists’: Talks of the War with Russia

“(The United States) knows that I am not ready to talk with terrorists, because their word is worthless,” Volodymyr Zelensky said on NBC.

The Ukrainian president was commenting on reports that US and European officials have discussed negotiations with his government to end the war with Russia.

He also spoke after a senior Ukrainian commander said this week that the two armies were trapped in a war of attrition and positions.

“For the moment, I have no relations with the Russians, and they know my position,” he said, adding that they must leave our territory, and only then the world can start the diplomacy”.

The conflict is in a “difficult situation”, but not at an impasse, according to him.

“On the front line, it’s no secret, we don’t have air defense,” he recalled. “This is why Russia controls the skies. If they control all the skies, we can’t advance quickly – until we have air defense.

The front line, more than 1,000 km long, has barely moved for almost a year despite the counter-offensive that Ukraine has been waging since June to try to liberate the occupied territories of the East and South .