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This is an archive article published on December 1, 2024
Zelenskyy wants to work ‘directly’ with Trump, suggests measures to end Russia-Ukraine war
Talking about the ceasefire, Zelenskyy said that NATO membership will have to be offered to Kyiv for the territory which has not been occupied by Russia in order to end the "hot phase of the war".
It has widened the diplomatic rift between US President Donald Trump’s administration and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (AP Photo/ File)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that he intends to work directly with the US President-elect Donald Trump as Russia intensifies its attack in the war which broke out in February 2022.
Zelenskyy has added that he is open to Trump’s ideas which highlights Kyiv’s eagerness to keep the United States, one of its key allies in the war against Russia, on its side. “Of course we will work with Trump. I want to work with him directly,” Zelenskyy said in an interview with Sky News on Friday.
Ukraine’s president added that he does not want people close to Trump to “destroy” their line of communication, adding “I want to share with him ideas and I want to hear from him his ideas,” CNN reported.
Being the single largest provider of military assistance to Ukraine, the United States led by President Joe Biden’s administration has contributed $64.1 billion to Ukraine’s war effort since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, according to the US Department of State.
Zelenskyy’s Kyiv is aware of this reality and hence wants to be in the good books of Trump before his inauguration takes place in January 2025.
“I want to work with him directly because there are different voices from people around him. And that’s why we need not to [allow] anybody around to destroy our communication. It will be not helpful and will be destructive. We have to try to find a new model. I want to share with him ideas and I want to hear from him,” Zelenskyy told Sky News.
Zelenskyy added that he wants Republican Trump to succeed as he said that the United States would play one of the crucial role in ending the Russian war.
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Talking about the ceasefire, Ukraine’s president said that NATO membership will have to be offered to Kyiv for the territory which has not been occupied by Russia in order to end the “hot phase of the war”.
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