The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskifinalizes preparations to present on Thursday in Washington to the president of USA, Joe Bidena list of ambitious requests that includes inviting Ukraine to enter the I’LL TAKE.
The package – which the Ukrainian president calls the ‘Victory Plan’– has the stated goal of strengthening the position of Kiev facing a hypothetical negotiation with Russia that the Ukrainian administration hopes to begin before the end of the year in a second international summit promoted by Zelensky.
The head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andrí Yermakexplained that the document has a military and a diplomatic aspect.
“We must have the advantage on the battlefield to force Putin to stop hostilities”said Yermak, who confirmed that the so-called Victory Plan will require that Ukraine be firmly invited to join NATO.
Yermak gave some clues about what could be asked of Biden and other allies – to whom the document will be delivered later – by insisting that already approved arms shipments be “increased and accelerated” and that kyiv be provided with more missiles of long range that can also be used against targets located in Russia.
For fear of Moscow’s reaction, its partners prohibit Ukraine from using this weapon against Russian territory.
Both the request to be invited without further delay to join NATO and those related to the faster delivery of weapons and the unrestricted use of long-range missiles are requests that kyiv has been making practically daily for months.
If the ‘Victory Plan’ is based on them, as he hinted Yermakthe document would be strictly a compilation of old demands to which kyiv has not yet received satisfactory responses.
According to what a diplomat from a European country who requested anonymity told EFE, the initiative is seen in Western capitals as an exercise in voluntarism by the Ukrainian president that could be the result of desperation due to the lack of good prospects for kyiv on the front.
A summit with the presence of Russia
From New York, where he has spoken before the UN General Assemblythe Ukrainian president described his ‘Victory Plan’ as “a bridge” to the second summit on the war that he wants to hold this year with the presence of Russia.
Zelensky noted that the Kremlin has not shown interest in participating in a meeting in which Ukraine seeks to obtain maximum support among the countries of the world for its ‘Peace Formula’, a list of proposals to end the war that requires withdrawal. total of Russians in Ukraine.
Only with the increased pressure on Putin that his allies’ acceptance of the ‘Victory Plan’ would entail, Zelensky said, would it be possible to force Moscow to send representation to the second summit, in which Ukraine hopes to reap a massive international endorsement of his ‘Peace Formula’ that pushes Russia to bow to the demands of the document.
Zelensky has not explained, however, how he hopes to obtain that support, after the first summit on the ‘Peace Formula’, held without Russia last June in Swisswas falsely closed without the inclusion of crucial points, such as the one demanding Russian withdrawal, in a final declaration that was not even supported by countries with influence over Russia such as China or India.
What happens if Biden refuses?
Asked about the possibility that Biden will not accept his ‘Victory Plan’, Zelensky described the prospect as “horrible.” “It would mean,” he said, “that he does not want to end the war in any way that denies Russia a victory,” adding that this would lead to “a very long war” and “an impossible and exhausting situation that would kill a number.” tremendous amount of people.” EFE (I)
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