PoliticsWar Zelenskyy: Putin fears negotiations and needs the battle to pull out. Thursday, January 30, 2025

On January 28, Putin issued a brand new assertion relating to negotiations with Ukraine. The Russian dictator mentioned that he was not able to signal a peace treaty with the Ukrainian President as a result of he’s “illegitimate.” And due to this fact, in line with Putin, Zelenskyy can not raise his personal ban on negotiations with the Russian Federation. Solely the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, is ready to do that. The Russian President additionally mentioned that as quickly because the “particular army operation” started in 2022, he provided Ukraine a deal – to withdraw from the territories of the “Donetsk Folks’s Republic” and the “Luhansk Folks’s Republic,” which Russia claims don’t wish to be a part of Ukraine. “Then there could be no battle, however Kyiv determined: ‘No, we are going to combat,'” Putin mentioned. The Russian chief additionally famous that the battle would have led to a month or two had the West not offered Kyiv with weapons and monetary assist. In response, Zelenskyy mentioned that Putin is afraid of negotiations and powerful leaders and is doing all the pieces to pull the battle out. He added there is a chance to make peace now, however Russia will not be thinking about negotiations.