The military part of Russia's war against Ukraine can be completed by the end of this year. Ukraine will be able to come to a point where Russia will have to sit down at the negotiating table.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with CNN.
"It (the end of the war by the end of the year, - ed.) depends on us, on you and on who is on top. If our state will be united, as it is now. If powerful weapons come from our partners in time and if luck and God are on our side, we can get a lot done before the end of this year. I am sure it is possible to finish the military part of this war," he stated.
Zelensky added that the negotiations will be the final part of the war.
"If we are strong, we can get to the point where Russia will have to sit down at the negotiating table. If that happens, it will be a very strong position from which we can already talk, and talking is the final stage of the war," the president said.
We shall remind you that the head of the British Foreign Office, Liz Truss, earlier said that peace talks with Russia should be held only after Russia is defeated in the war against Ukraine.
She also explained why a bad peace agreement with Putin should not be signed.
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine in its negotiations with Russia would determine what was acceptable to it.
