Zelenskyy: "I am ready for dialogue, but not for capitulation"
OLENA ROSHCHINA — TUESDAY, 8 MARCH 2022, 11:24
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has once again called on Russian President, Volodymyr Putin, to enter into a dialogue. Zelenskyy agrees to look for compromises, including regarding the topic of NATO, but is unwilling to surrender.
Source: Zelensky in an interview with American TV channel ABC News
Details: When asked whether Ukraine is ready to meet Russia's demands to end the war, to change the Constitution and to refuse to join NATO, to recognize Crimea as Russian, and to recognize the independence of the so-called "Luhansk People’s Republic", "Donetsk People’s Republic", - Zelensky replied he would not capitulate.
Quote: "First of all, I am ready to enter into a dialogue, but we are not ready to surrender. Because this is not about me, it is about the people who elected me.
As regards NATO, I have cooled down concerning this question since we realized that NATO was not ready to accept Ukraine. The Alliance is afraid of contradictions and confrontation with Russia."
Details: Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine does not want to be a country that "begs for something on its knees, and we are not going to be this country. I do not want to be this kind of president."
Quote: "I am talking about security guarantees. I think that the points concerning the temporarily occupied territories and unrecognized republics, which are unrecognized by all except Russia…, we can discuss and find a compromise to resolve these…
What needs to happen is for Putin to start talking, to start a dialogue, instead of living in an information bubble. I believe that is where he is - and that he does not know the real situation. "
