Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskyi says directly that Russia does not want to be alone and does not prepare for any negotiations.
“Moscow is constantly building new divisions in its army and opens new recruitment centers every week. Vladimir Putinilla You can afford this because the price of crude oil is rising. We must be realistic and ask what we can do before the next attack, ”he said in his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
“Are your weapons ready? How quickly your ally will be able to respond or do they respond at all, ”Zelenskyi continued.
He reminded that provocations have already been seen on the borders of Poland and Lithuania. The Ukrainian President estimates that Russia is preparing to attack Europe through Belarus.
According to Zelensky, Ukraine also has intelligence information that he believes Russia is already moving his troops to Belarus.
“Are they for Ukraine? Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they are for you. I urge you to work for your own interest and in Europe. I think now has become the time when the European army is forced to build. ”
According to Zelensky, the Russian President only wants to negotiate bilaterally with the United States for their own goals.
“He wants the US President’s red market as part of his own performance. We don’t need this, we need real peace. Not everyone in Europe understands this. ”
Zelenskyi strongly emphasized that Ukraine would not agree to the contracts concluded behind its back. He referred to Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump Wednesday’s call, where Trump said, above all, discussed the end of the offensive war.
“We cannot agree to a ceasefire without or without protection and controlled Russia. If this war ends in the wrong way, Putin has the advantage of soldiers with a combat experience who can only kill. Therefore, no one can only fit in with Putin. ”
Just before Zelenskyn, the German Chancellor of the Munich Security Conference Olaf Scholz He also said that no dictated peace agreement would receive German support.
“We do not accept any solution that leads to the separation of Europe and the US. Only one person, President Putin, would benefit from this. ”
Great Ukraine.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz describes the strong Ukraine as a message that the West Alliance must send to Vladimir Putin.
Photo: Boris Ressler
Scholz emphasized the importance of a strong Ukraine.
“I think the strong Ukraine we strongly support is a message we need to send to Putin. At the same time, we should make it very clear that Putin has not achieved his goals: he wanted to weaken NATO, but now Finland and Sweden are members of NATO and almost all NATO countries grow their defense budgets. Putin will also not receive a doll government in Ukraine. ”
President Zelenskyi also outlines that Ukraine refuses to give up its goal of joining the Defense League NATO. He responded like this to the US Minister of Defense Pete Hegsethillewho said earlier in the week that Ukraine’s NATO membership is not realistic.
“Russia should not be given the opportunity to dictate how the Western countries make their decisions about NATO countries or more generally. Right now, however, it seems to me that NATO’s strongest member is Vladimir Putin, ”Zelenskyi said.
He says that if Ukraine does not become a member of NATO, it will need strong security guarantees from the West.
“I mean harder sanctions, not only if they attack again, but only tougher sanctions right away. In addition, Ukraine needs a larger and stronger army, especially if we are not in NATO. We need money to build this army, real money. And weapons, missiles. We are also open to the initiative of European troops (in Ukraine). ”