Zelenskyy holds a meeting of the Stavka: scenarios for the development of the situation and defense of Ukraine
3 March 23:36
Today, on March 3, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a regular meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff. One of the key topics of the meeting was the issue of the country’s sustainability and possible scenarios for the development of the situation. Zelensky said this in his evening address, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
According to the head of state, Ukraine is working to ensure its defense and create conditions for effective diplomacy. The main priority is to achieve a just peace.
“Today, at the meeting, there were some special issues of our state stability – we are working on all possible scenarios, working on them in order to protect Ukraine. The basic scenario is to maintain our positions and provide conditions for proper diplomacy, for the speedy end of this war with a decent peace,” Zelenskyy said.
The President emphasized that Ukraine needs real security guarantees to prevent a recurrence of aggression in the future.
“It was the lack of security guarantees for Ukraine 11 years ago that allowed Russia to start with the occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbas, then the lack of security guarantees allowed Russia to launch a full-scale invasion, and now, due to the lack of certain security guarantees, it is Russia that keeps this war in full swing. And the whole world sees it, and the whole world recognizes it,” the head of state emphasized.
Zelenskyy emphasized that Ukraine does not seek an endless war, but a just peace that will become a reliable foundation for the country’s secure future.
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Trump’s position on Ukraine
During the election campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he would stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours of taking office. This deadline has already passed.
Also during the election, the media spread the so-called “Trump Plan”. The plan was that the United States would use its influence to stop the war, taking into account the status quo. To do this, Trump would force Putin and Zelenskyy to sit down at the negotiating table. If Putin does not agree to negotiate, the United States will give Ukraine all the weapons it needs to win on the battlefield. If Zelenskyy refuses to negotiate, the United States will completely stop helping Ukraine.
This plan, in its various variations, included a provision that Russia would retain the territories it temporarily occupied and that Ukraine would not join NATO.
However, later Trump seemed to “forget” about this plan. In particular, he voiced scenarios in which he would force Russia to capitulate due to the decline in world oil prices.
After Trump was elected President of the United States, one of his advisors, Brian Lanza, said that Ukraine should forget about Crimea. Trump’s entourage, however, was quick to deny this statement and said that Lanza could not speak on his behalf.
Currently, the US Special Representative for Russia and Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is talking about 100 days within which he wants to reach some kind of agreement. Of these, 37 days have already passed. During this time, the US Presidential Administration has established contact with the Kremlin, an American envoy has traveled to Moscow, and a meeting of the highest level negotiators has taken place in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine was not present at this meeting.
Meanwhile, in exchange for military support, US President Donald Trump demanded $500 billion worth of rare earth metals from Ukraine. He said that the US should have access to Ukraine’s natural resources, regardless of whether Kyiv manages to reach a peace agreement with Russia.
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