Armed Forces resources and soldiers in exchange for help: that Zelensky offered the event in "Victory Plan"
On October 16, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to the Verkhovna Rada and presented the Victory Plan, which was kept secret for a long time. Before presenting it publicly in Ukraine, US President Joe Biden first got acquainted with him, then the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
The Victory Plan contains previously known requirements for the event: to invite Ukraine to NATO "already today", to allow to beat long -range missiles in Russia and to strengthen the defense industry in every possible way. The new aspects relate to the placement of strategic non -nuclear forces in Ukraine to restrain Russia and to call for allies to master minerals. The implementation of the plan depends on the event, not on Russia.
The aggressor is not looking for a honest peace, Russian leader Vladimir Putin "crazy and wants war", Zelensky said. The first paragraph contains a call as soon as possible to invite Ukraine to NATO. The second point is to strengthen the defense of the Armed Forces with the transfer of war to the territory of the enemy and blows of long -range weapons throughout the occupied territory of Ukraine and facilities of military infrastructure in the Russian Federation.
The third part of the plan concerns the non -nuclear determination of Russian aggression and the placement of a "comprehensive restraint package" in Ukraine. Speaking in the European Council on October 17, the next day after the presentation of the Victory Plan in the Council, Zelensky clarified the meaning of this point. The "peace" approach involves the departure of the Armed Forces of the missile kit.
The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Germany have already received the necessary details. "Putin must respect our power, not force the free world to tremble from his threats," the President said. The fourth point is to conclude a protection agreement with partners and shared critical resources. These are natural resources and metals: uranium, titanium, lithium, graphite and others.
The final, fifth point of the Victory Plan stipulates that the Ukrainian military will share their experience with NATO military. It is noteworthy that the second, third and fourth points of the Zelensky plan contain secret applications for partners. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Mikhail Podolyak noted that they would not be discussed publicly. The points will touch the mathematical component: how many weapons and in what form it will be given.
Podolyak also said that the Victory Plan does not contain an indispensable release of all occupied Ukrainian territories in military. It is necessary to create conditions for Russia to be too expensive. The concept of just peace for Ukraine in the current conditions on the battlefield is broken down into fear of the event before the escalation. The inability to put advanced weapons, including tanks and aviation, is the reason for the daily promotion of the occupying army in the Donbass.
The capture of the coal did not satisfy the appetites of the aggressor: in the area of the Toretsk Donetsk region of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in small groups they make their way into the city development, Selidovo take "in the tick", and about the difficult situation in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions, the military of the Armed Forces has long been spoken. Instead of strengthening support, the event began to hint at the high expectations of Kiev.
Germany, the second supplier of weapons after the United States, wants to postpone the departure of heavy equipment because of the unbelief in the successful counter -offensive of the Armed Forces to liberate territories. France reduces the total military assistance by almost a third. The bilateral agreement of Kyiv and Paris in 2024 provided for the allocation of € 3 billion, but in fact by the end of the year - just over 2 billion euros.
The US military aid packages have become smaller in recent months. The Pentagon declares the reduction of weapons and equipment, as US manufacturers do not have time to catch up with great demand because of the war with Russia. "States increase the production of key positions-155 mm ammunition and Patriot air defense systems for both the supply of Kiev and to replenish their own stocks. But this is a long-standing process, it is impossible to satisfy demand quickly," said CNN sources.
In such circumstances, the Kremlin was expected to call the plan of Zelensky "ephemeral" and called on the Ukrainian authorities to "sober up". The document is a "disguised plan" of the United States on the continuation of the war, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "It has been so many weeks about some ephemeral peace plan . . . Most likely, this is the same plan for Americans to fight with us to the last Ukrainian who has now Zelensky Zakamuflid and called" peaceful plan, "said Peskov.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in June 2024 He called "a specific and real peaceful proposal". North Korea. So sooner or later will have to reduce the pace of the offensive in certain areas of the front, analysts of the Institute of War Study say. Focus interlocutors consider the "Victory Plan" presented unrealistic.
The People's Deputy from "European Solidarity" Alexei Goncharenko directly calls the initiative "empty words": it is impossible to refuse desires, but in reality the situation is more difficult. "We have almost all flowed on partners, and what are the requirements we put forward? - he asked the question. Goncharenko criticizes the third point in the conversation with focus. In the face of confrontation with the nuclear state, it looks pointless.
The only survival option for the country with prolonged confrontation with Russia is to be a NATO member with nuclear weapons or to prepare its own nuclear development. It is clear that Putin's "peace proposal" on the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from four regions is absolutely not suitable for Ukraine. In general, the "Victory Plan" of Zelensky, according to the People's Deputy, is not a negotiation position of Kiev. "It's just priorities for Ukraine's foreign policy," he notes.
It is best called Zelensky's plan to call a collection of wishes of the Ukrainian side: the first and perhaps the main point of joining NATO is impossible in the current conditions, adds political scientist Igor Reityrovich. The expert emphasizes the importance of the fourth point on economic partnership. Foreign companies, in his opinion, had to be involved since Ukraine gained independence.
Opening of representative offices and joint ventures would provide budget revenues and worthy earnings to Ukrainians. "If we had more US companies, believe me, the state's position would be quite different since 2014. And even more after February 24, 2024. Guarantees for foreign business are the best protection against Russian invasion," the expert explains Focus. The use of minerals, as the People's Deputy Alexei Goncharenko says, explains why Ukraine needs the world and how it can reimburse it.
"The emphasis is on resources and our army (the final point concerning the exchange of experience with NATO military - ed. ). In principle, this is what we can be useful," Goncharenko states. Russia's position on the withdrawal of troops from four regions should not worry Kyiv. It is advisable to force Russia to sit at the negotiating table, but how to do it in the conditions of losses of territories in the Donbass is unclear.
"If partners help us to fulfill all 5 points made by Zelensky, to force the Russian Federation to peace, perhaps it will work. The secret points of the plan may contain requirements to send advanced weapons: F-16 aircraft, air defense complexes and Western tanks,"-conclusions Reitrovich concludes .
According to the director of the Center for Sociological Research, the Ukrainian Barometer, political scientist Viktor Nekozhenko, does not fully combine goals and means to achieve them, so he has an unconvincing appearance. "The initiative reflects the hopes of the authorities, not the goals for Ukraine. Giving Europe, the transfer of minerals are all subjects of the post -war agreement with the obligations of several parties. The formula of the plan cannot contain obligations," the expert said.
Worldwide history is known for Land League, a way of handing over US weapons to allies that does not provide instant payment. The Second World War ended in 1945 and only in 1972 of the USSR and the United States managed to conclude an agreement on the procedure for repayment of debt on Land League. The debt was extinguished by Russia in August 2006. The new Land League for Ukraine never worked as it was in the Second World War.
The secret protocols of the plan also add popularity - Ukrainian society will instantly perceive them through the prism of conspiracy theories. The President has chosen the population, so now the voters are hidden important data, notes Nekzhenko. Ukraine does not need "plans for victories", but a strategic agreement with the states, as in South Korea, Finland and Germany, adds the expert.
For example, a cooperation agreement between Washington and Helsinki, signed in December 2023, provides that the United States will be able to use 15 Finland military facilities for transit, training, military and equipment, airing, repair of equipment and other purposes. The Washington Declaration of 2023 provides for the coordination of South Korea and the United States in the event of any nuclear response to the North Korea Stroke in the region.
The document includes the deployment of "strategic assets" of the United States around the Korean Peninsula, including atomic submarine. We will remind, Western media wrote that partners are in no hurry to invite Ukraine to NATO until a full -scale war with Russia continues. Zelensky's request for an invitation puts the Alliance in a difficult position. Focus earlier wrote about the pressure of the states on Vladimir Zelensky on the issue of reducing the mobilization age of Ukrainians.