Zelenskyy arrives on a visit to the United States
18 August 06:18
At a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, he promised to achieve a lasting peace and force Russia to end the war.
This is reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the President’s Telegram channel.
Zelensky emphasized that “we all equally want to end this war quickly and reliably” and that the peace should be long-lasting.
“Not like it was years ago, when Ukraine was forced to give up Crimea and part of our East – part of Donbas, and Putin used it simply as a springboard for a new attack. Or when Ukraine was supposedly given “security guarantees” in 1994, but it did not work,” the President noted.
According to the Head of State, Ukraine should not have given Crimea to Russia in 2014, “just as Ukrainians did not give up Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv after 2022.”
He noted that the Defense Forces are currently making progress in Donetsk and Sumy regions. He is convinced that “we will defend Ukraine, effectively guarantee security, and our people will always be grateful to President Trump, everyone in America, every partner, for their support and invaluable assistance.”
“Russia must end this war, which it started. And I hope that our common strength with America, with our European friends, will force Russia to real peace,” Zelenskyy said.
Today, on August 18, Zelenskyy and European leaders will meet with President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss scenarios for ending the war in Ukraine.
