The move comes after Zelenskyy told ABC News that Ukraine is “closer to the end of the war”.
– Now, at the end of the year, we have a real opportunity to strengthen cooperation between Ukraine and the USA. Decisive actions now can speed up the rightful end of the Russian aggression against Ukraine next year, Zelensky writes on Telegram after meeting with a cross-party delegation from Congress.
Travel uke
He is in New York for the UN High Level Week, where he will have a number of meetings. On Monday evening, he had already managed to meet German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Later in the week, he will go to Washington to present his “victory plan” for the war to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Zelenskyj hopes to influence the White House’s approach to the war regardless of who becomes president after the November election. Speaking to ABC News, Zelenskyi urged the United States and other partners to continue supporting Ukraine.
– I think we are closer to peace than we think. We are nearing the end of the war, he told ABC. He also said that Ukraine can only pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war if it negotiates from a position of strength.
Few familiar details
Zelenskyy has said little about the peace plan, but he has said it will lead to a new, Ukrainian-led peace meeting later this year to which Russia will be invited.
Zelenskyi’s chief of staff Andriy Jermak said on Monday that the plan involves accelerated NATO membership for Ukraine, something Russia has said it will never accept.
Putin has said that peace talks can only begin if Ukraine relinquishes large amounts of territory in the east and south of the country and puts its ambitions to join NATO behind it.
Zelenskyj has repeatedly advocated a withdrawal of all Russian forces and that Ukraine’s borders must be defined as they were defined after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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2024-09-26 09:08:17
