Zelensky has issued what he calls his “victory plan”….
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday and unveiled his so-called “victory plan,” but there’s no sign any of Ukraine’s Western backers will support his proposals.
Zelensky’s plan includes five points and three classified sections that he did not make public. The plan is essentially a list of demands that Zelensky has been making of the US and NATO for months. He claimed that if the plan was implemented, Ukraine “may be able to end the war no later than next year.”
One point is for Ukraine to receive a formal invitation to join NATO, but there’s no sign the alliance will be willing to do that anytime in the near future, and Ukrainian neutrality will be a key Russian demand for any peace deal.
The plan calls for more air defenses and for NATO countries to help shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, which would mean direct NATO involvement in the war. NATO countries have previously rejected Ukrainian requests to intercept Russian missiles and drones.
Another point in the plan calls for support for Ukraine to use NATO-provided missiles to launch long-range strikes inside Russia, an escalation that would risk nuclear war. So far, the US and the UK have rejected Zelensky’s repeated request for help with long-range strikes.
Ukrainian MP Oleksii Honcharenko, a member of the European Solidarity party, criticized Zelensky’s plan. “First of all, it’s not a plan. Plan means something with concrete steps,” he said, according to The Associated Press. “It’s kind of a wish list from Ukraine for our partners, how they can and should support us. And it doesn’t look realistic. We were waiting for some real serious conversation about the situation and the strategy, and this is not that.”
(antiwar.com)
Without any specifics this plan is just wishful thinking….and how will the US fit into this plan?
Is this just a ploy ahead of our election?
I mean the US is already sending $425 million weapons package for Ukraine.
What happened to Zelensky’s ‘peace plan’? what ‘plan’ is that?
More a thought than an actual plan….but here it is….
The Ukrainian government is considering options to end the war with Russia that would involve ceding territory, Der Spiegel reported on Sunday, citing a Ukrainian official.
The report said it was the first time since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 that the Ukrainian leadership has considered a deal that wouldn’t involve it getting back all of the territory Russian forces have captured since February 2022.
Under a peace deal that was on the table in March and April 2022, Russia would have withdrawn its forces back to pre-invasion lines. But that deal was discouraged by the US and other NATO countries, who urged the Ukrainians to fight.
And the war goes on.
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“lego ergo scribo”
I personally favour Ukraine being offered a NATO place despite what Russia demands. It might just stop him repeating his invasions in the future. Whilst I don’t really want other troops involved in the War, I think missile defence systems would be a good idea and I don’t mind if Ukraine does some long range missiles into Russian territory, as long as it isn’t at civilian targets, unlike Russian missiles into Ukraine. I want Zelkensky to give Putin a bloody nose and have the Russian people demand the truth from him about the war.Any peace treaty should include huge reparations from Russia to help pay for a new infrastructure and housing for the people. Hugs
The West will pay as we are doing now. NATO is out of the question because corruption is a major problem in Ukraine and has been for 40 years. chuq
No matter what kind of plan the Ukrainians come up with it will involve ceding conquered territory back to Russia and once the plan is agreed upon, Russia will continue her incursions and will continue them until either there is nothing left of Ukraine at all or the entire country will be back under Russian domination…only fools would think otherwise…the only “Peace” to be had with an aggressor is the peace that comes after the aggressor’s ability to wage war has been totally decimated.
So just keep the war going….we keep paying….and Zelensky gets to keep his position. All around dumb-ass plan. chuq
No, give Ukraine to the Russians and then get our military resources ready to assist Poland when Russia crosses her borders… which definitely will happen when Ukraine falls.
Russia cannot beat Ukraine and you think they will take on Poland and NATO….not a chance in my lifetime. chuq
I doubt he is ever going to get Ukraine into NATO, so he better think quickly about something else to ask for. Because if Trump gets in, he is likely to lose the support he has enjoyed from Biden.
Best wishes.
I think he is trying to hedge all his positions because of the election. chuq
He is telling parliament he needs help that he must know he is not going to get. He could be letting them know they are not going to win. Then he can blame the west for their losing, because of lack of necessary support.
He is acting in a political way….chuq