Zelenskyy says Kursk incursion part of plan to end war with Russia

[RYAN ROBERTSON]

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAYS HE’S GOT A PLAN TO END THE WAR AND THE RECENT INCURSION INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY IS PART OF IT.

HE SAYS THE “MAIN POINT OF” THE INFILTRATION INTO KURSK IS TO FORCE RUSSIA’S HAND TO END THE WAR.

IT’S THE FIRST TIME ZELENSKYY SPOKE IN SUCH DIRECT TERMS ABOUT ENDING THE YEARS-LONG CONFLICT. 

HE SPOKE TUESDAY- ACKNOWLEDGING THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE RECENT INCURSION IS TO PRESSURE MOSCOW.

ZELENSKYY DIDN’T ELABORATE MUCH ON HIS PLAN– ONLY THAT IT WOULD INVOLVE BOTH ECONOMICS AND DIPLOMACY.

HE ALSO SAID HE WANTS TO DISCUSS HIS GOALS WITH BOTH U-S PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES– VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THIS FALL. 

ZELENSKYY SAYS HE PLANS TO ATTEND THE U-N GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN NEW YORK AND IS PREPARING TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN.

HE WANTS RUSSIA TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES– DESPITE MOSCOW BEING BARRED FROM THE LAST INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT IN SWITZERLAND.

RECENTLY THE RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ASSERTED TALKS ARE OUT OF THE QUESTION FOLLOWING UKRAINE’S OFFENSIVE IN KURSK.

AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN DEMANDS A DEAL MUST START WITH UKRAINE ACCEPTING “THE REALITIES ON THE GROUND.”

RUSSIA WANTS LARGE CHUNKS OF EASTERN UKRAINE AND WOULD RETAIN CRIMEA IN EXCHANGE FOR AN END TO THE WAR.

ZELENSKYY CALLED PUTIN’S POSITION “EMPTY AND MEANINGLESS” — ALLEGING THE KREMLIN LEADER DOESN’T WANT TO END THE WAR “DIPLOMATICALLY.”

THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SAYS HE WANTS TO NEGOTIATE FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH AND CLAIMED PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON WEAPONS PRODUCTION— INCLUDING KYIV’S FIRST TEST OF A DOMESTICALLY PRODUCED BALLISTIC MISSILE.

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