President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky against freezing war and does not consider it possible to end it after entering the border as of February 23, 2022.
“Why am I against freezing this war? Because we have already seen this in the Donbass. They take part of the territory, and then freeze it for a while to become stronger invaders, ready for even greater occupation,” Zelensky said in Interview The Economist, his statements are given by Ukrainian media.
“Understand: we are not fighting with Russia; Russia is fighting with us on our territory. They must leave … Today it should end like that, because otherwise it is not finished, it just froze. It is simply left as it is now, as it is now. To say, okay, let’s stop, and they will take the Donbass, the south of our country or part, and the Crimea will remain with them … Why? “Because the time has come to do this and you should”? We will not be able, no one will forgive this, “said President of Ukraine.
According to Zelensky, the exit to the border on February 23, 2022 “will not be the final.” “This will not be the final, because no one understands what security guarantees are. We had a Budapest memorandum. They told me:“ Do not be afraid, everything is fine, there is no nuclear weapon. And this is the right path, and the whole world goes there “” Zelensky said, noting that “… we distributed nuclear weapons, exchanged it at the guarantees of security. Did these guarantees work? No”.
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“I say” we must go to our borders, “because if it does not work, he will return. Understand? … What guarantees of security? If he returns, they will help us with weapons again? Can it really protect this us from a full -scale invasion? no, ”says the Ukrainian president.
According to the President of Ukraine, “if he (Putin) will now go to the borders of 1991, then a possible way of diplomacy will begin. That’s who can turn the war from the military path to diplomatic. Only he can do it.”
“The sooner the war ends and, if Russia chooses the path of recognizing the tragic mistake of its beginning, the longer the Russian president will ensure his life and the life of his environment,” Zelensky said.
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