The war unleashed by russia will end in victory for Ukraine. The state has no choice but to win, because it is about our land and our people, said President Volodymyr Zelensky during a conversation at the Ukrainian House in Davos on Monday evening.
According to Zelensky, it is getting more and more difficult to organize a meeting between him and russian President Vladimir Putin.
"It is difficult because there is a line that is difficult to cross. After what happened in Bucha, Irpen, Mariupol and other cities. It is difficult, but, nevertheless, we must try to finish. We will put pressure as much as possible if we have the appropriate weapons," the president said.
“Powerful weapons will allow us not to lose such a large number of people, because in some cities we had people stopping tanks with bare hands.
Russia will be pressured until it realizes that it has no choice except peace.
We will fight until we liberate our land ... They have such a decision-making structure in the state that without him [Putin], no decisions are made. All their institutions are united by one decision - the decision of the president of russian federation. And if we talk about ending the war, then without him this decision will not be taken. It will not work without a meeting with the president. Therefore, in principle, I do not accept any meeting with anyone from russia except the president, and only if the issue on the table is single - the cessation of war," - the head of the state summed up.
The President of Ukraine stressed that he was ready to hold direct talks with putin. He added that if the conversation fails, it could be the beginning of World War III.
Negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine and the occupier-state have stopped. The last face-to-face meeting was on March 29 in Istanbul. On May 17, a member of the negotiating team, the Adviser to the Head of the President's Office, Mykhailo Podoliak, confirmed the suspension of talks.
The talks are over because russia's military-political leadership is still stereotypical and ignores the changes that have taken place in Ukraine since the beginning of the war.