The media claims that it is part of a strategy that Vladimir Zelensky will present to the US
Ukraine may be willing to freeze hostilities with Russia on certain parts of the front line, German tabloid Bild reported, citing what it claims is Vladimir Zelensky’s revised strategy. The Ukrainian leader’s plan for the conflict also reportedly depends on Western allies allowing Kiev to use long-range missiles they have provided it to strike targets deep inside Russia.
In July, Russian President Vladimir Putin made it clear that Moscow was not interested in a “a ceasefire or some kind of pause that the kyiv regime could use to recoup losses, regroup and rearm.”
“Russia is in favour of a complete and definitive end to the conflict,” Putin said it then.
A month earlier, the Russian head of state had proposed an immediate ceasefire on condition that Ukraine give legally binding guarantees that it would not try to join NATO and withdraw its troops from all territories claimed by Russia. kyiv and its Western allies were quick to dismiss the roadmap.
In an article on Saturday, Bild said Zelensky plans to travel to the United States in the coming weeks and present his revised strategy to President Joe Biden, as well as Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump.
According to the German media outlet, the main points include a “They demand that they be allowed to deploy long-range Western weapons inside Russia, as well as Ukraine's willingness to accept local ceasefires along certain parts of the front, and thus a provisional freeze of the situation.”
Last month, Zelensky revealed his intention to present his “victory plan” In September, the US president told the head of state that the plan probably involved asking the United States for more funds and weapons, and that victory would depend on whether Washington gave kyiv more money. “What’s in this plan?”
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed European diplomats, reported that earlier in the day U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy had told Ukrainian officials behind closed doors that a “A complete victory for Ukraine would require the West to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in support, something neither Washington nor Europe can realistically do.” kyiv is allegedly being urged to “Think of a more realistic plan.”
Since the start of the conflict in February 2022, Zelensky has publicly insisted on restoring Ukraine's 1991 borders, which would include Crimea, either by military or diplomatic means. Moscow says kyiv must accept the “the reality on the ground” and that the Crimean issue is “it is not up for discussion”
