Peace negotiations, losses of the Armed Forces and the new offensive of the Russian Federation: key theses from the Zelensky Press Conference

Focus in one material collected key theses from the speech of the head of the state. The President called 2024 very important in the context of further struggle against Russia. Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that this year there will be significant events that will affect the final development of the situation. Zelensky emphasized that there are intentions about the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin.

The President of the Russian Federation intends to remain in power until at least 2030, but according to Zelensky, it is worth "finishing with him earlier. " "He sees himself by 2030. We want to finish with him earlier," Zelensky said. The initiative for negotiations concerning the end of the war can only come from Ukraine. This is the opinion of Zelensky.

In Switzerland, in the spring, as announced by the head of state, it is planned to discuss the formula of peace, which was launched at the G20 summit in Indonesia. Currently, according to Zelensky, Ukraine is not able to defeat Russia. He emphasized that by the time the first summit had already come. "We cannot lose this diplomatic initiative," the politician explained. According to Vladimir Zelensky, elections in the United States will be a turning point for Ukraine.

The president emphasized how important the results of the American race. According to him, Ukraine will have to develop its own plan of action. "We will understand what will happen after that," the head of state said. The issue of loss of Ukraine in the war was one of the most important at the press conference. On February 25, Volodymyr Zelensky stated that during a full -scale invasion of Russia, 31,000 Ukrainian military was killed. "It's very painful," he said.

Information that Ukraine has lost more than 300,000 people during a full -scale conflict during a full -scale conflict. The total losses of Russian troops, according to the President, are estimated at almost 500 thousand. The number of wounded Ukrainian military, the head of state, refused. According to him, if you declare this figure, Russia will know how many people "went out of the field". He also did not call the number of missing military personnel.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that he has positively evaluating partners' recent response to the provision of US ATACMS US up to 300 km. According to him, Ukraine expects to receive long -range missiles from the United States, and Russia understands how defense forces will use this weapons at the front. "We understand what we need, and Russia understands what we will do with it," he said. Zelensky hinted that the results would depend on many things at the end of the year.

He expressed his hope that the air defense systems can be applied closer to the front line, which would make successful offensive actions, hinting at the need to supply Patriot. "10" Petriots "would dramatically change the situation," the politician said. France intends to provide Ukraine with several dozen artillery systems. The President noted the work of Caesar Artsystems. He recalled that an artillery coalition has been created and several dozen systems we expect from our French partners.

Zelensky added that during the visit of French President Emanuel Macron, the country will provide "a few more things, but they will be known later. " "It is very important, it will strengthen our country," he said. Ukrainian counter -offensive actions, according to Zelensky, were known to the Kremlin before their beginning. He stressed that it is worth keeping such plans in secret. According to him, the fewer people know the plans of the Ukrainian army, the faster the victory will be.

Zelensky hinted that the slow counter -offensive in 2023 was because of the enemy's awareness. As the head of state explained, the plans for counter -offensive last fall were on the Kremlin's table before counter -offensive actions began. The President called for "different financial and political waves" in the spring. At the same time, if the Kremlin has the opportunity, in 2024 the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will be on the offensive. "If they can.

They will be prepared," the President said, commenting on a new offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. According to the President, the current legislation does not resolve some issues related to mobilization. In particular, we are talking about rotations, vacations, service life and training of servicemen. That is why the Verkhovna Rada has entered the Government Bill on Mobilization.

Zelensky explained that every state has relevant legislation, but often it "does not coincide with the realities of war. " "These are not reforms, these are additional rules for the law," Zelensky stressed, adding that it should be found out where those citizens who were mobilized, but they never got to the front. At the 2019 meeting, he spoke to the President of the Russian Federation that the Minsk agreements would not work.

Politicians also discussed the exchange of prisoners and gas arbitration, which Ukraine won. According to Zelensky, he cited Vladimir Putin specific figures about a number of questions. "We had a long conversation in different tones. I told him that the Minsk agreements would not work, because the topic of removal of troops along the line of collision does not work . . . I showed him that we would take 20 years and therefore, 20 years we will be able frozen conflict.

That's what we talked about, "the head of the state added. Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that it is important for Ukraine to keep an alliance with neighboring Poland. However, he considers it unfair to use our country as a way of pressure on European institutions. Zelensky noted that since April 2023 it was clear that it was a political history and today it is confirmed by the European Commission. According to him, in Poland there is an internal struggle.