This was announced by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a briefing in Paris after the summit of the leaders of the "decisive coalition". The "decisive" coalition includes 31 countries that are part of the European Union and NATO. France, the United Kingdom and Italy were the key participants. On March 27, the coalition summit was convened on March 27 to discuss further military assistance to Ukraine, strengthen its MIC and the mechanisms of ceasefire.
The "decisive" coalition has been working on a plan to send the military to Ukraine for several weeks to monitor the ceasefire regime. However, Europe is increasingly in doubt about the realism of this plan, Reuters sources reported. According to the President, the Ukrainian authorities need 7-10 days to offer the algorithm of deployment of a military contingent. Many Western leaders have their own vision of ensuring the security of Ukraine after reaching peace with the Russian Federation.
The basic vision of peace in Ukraine is ensured at the expense of a strong Ukrainian army and military from other countries. Several components are taken into account: in the sky, at sea and on earth. "We believe that Ukraine will offer an algorithm for dialogue. We will be very friendly, but to argue on the site that will be ready. We will offer a basic idea, a basic strategy," the head of state said.
The Allies have repeatedly voiced the ideas of the deployment of forces under the leadership of the OSCE or the UN, but Kiev does not support this proposal. Ukraine has not discussed their participation in the mechanism of peace, but Washington can provide air defense. Zelensky reminded how he discussed with US leader Donald Trump supplying Ukraine. "For safety guarantees, this should not be a one-time solution, but a constant current system of total, 100%protection of the Ukrainian sky.
In particular, the Patriot and NASAMS system. This presence of the US is very important and I think it is also a security guarantee," he said. Potential US security guarantees may be an air fleet, but this issue has not yet been raised. The position of Ukraine provides for European representatives at the table of negotiations on the end of the war. According to Zelensky, there is no alternative about this issue.
"Europe is very large and should have a clear representation at this table of negotiations," the President of Ukraine said. The parties agreed that Europe and the United Kingdom would be represented by President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Kira Starmer. "It is very important that they are [EU partners] on our side. And stable not to give Ukraine's interests, respecting our territorial integrity and sovereignty," he added.
Europeans, unlike Americans, do not legally recognize any of the occupied territories by Russia. At the same time, you can hear compromises with the United States. "It is very important that the position on the European continent is united. No one will give our lands either Putin or Russia," the President of Ukraine added. Direct negotiations of Ukraine, Russia and the US with the participation of Europe are possible, but it is Moscow that blocks them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not yet ready for such negotiations, Zelensky said. "I am not afraid of any format. We are in the war, not theoretically, but very practical, unfortunately. I am ready for any negotiation format and never feared. Putin just wants war," the President emphasized. If Ukraine has a weak position in the negotiations, Putin will threaten and do everything for Ukraine to lose independence, the head of state says.
"I am not interested in his balls in the Crimea, red caviar, etc. I do not know, maybe he will surprise someone there. But for me - they [Russians] dinosaurs. They want to eat us. And we need to defend and defend our rights," Zelensky emphasized. Ukraine will prepare evidence of Russia's violation of silence in the field of energy in the sphere of energy. All materials will be transferred to the United States and expect their reaction, Zelensky added.
The president recalled that on March 27, the Russian military fired at Kherson artillery, the residents of the city were left without light. States should respond to Russia's violation of the agreements reached in Riyadh. "There were blows to Kherson, strokes at the railway station. Electricity was damaged, there were blows on energy in Kherson. Civilians lost energy. There should be a reaction of the United States in actions," Zelensky said.
Now no one understands who monitors the observance of silence. But Ukraine clearly sees where the shots were and the extent of destruction. "Believe me, in three years of the war we see everything clearly: what they shoot, with evidence, with video, with all. We will prepare all this, the Minister of Defense received an order from me," the President said. We will remind, Russia refused to discuss shelling of Ukrainian civilian objects.
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