Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the world on Tuesday to put an end to Russia before it went too far.
The Ukrainian president’s demands came hours after he said, that Negotiations with Russia will continueDay, noting that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as part of negotiating efforts to end the war with Russia “in a just peace.”
“Our delegation has also worked on this matter in the negotiations with the Russian side,” Zelensky said in his video address on Monday night. “I was told that they are going very well. But let’s see. They will continue tomorrow.”
The Ukrainian president again addressed the Russian soldiers, urging them to stop the fighting, saying, “I am offering you a chance to survive.”
This comes as Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Aristovich said that the war in Ukraine is likely to end by early May, when Russia runs out of the resources it needs in the military operation against its neighbor.
and did not result Talks between Kyiv and Moscowin which Aristovich himself does not participate, has so far produced little results other than opening a number of humanitarian corridors out of the besieged Ukrainian cities.
In a video clip published by several Ukrainian media, Aristovich said that the exact timing will depend on how many resources the Kremlin is willing to allocate to the campaign.
“I think no later than May…early May…we will have a peace agreement, and maybe much sooner…we’ll see…I’m talking about the latest possible dates,” Aristovich said.
He added, “We are at a crossroads now.. Either there will be a peace agreement that will be concluded very quickly, in a week or two, with the withdrawal of forces and everything, or there will be an attempt to eliminate some together… until we reach an agreement by solutions.” mid or late April.
He said one of the “totally crazy” scenarios would also include Russia sending new recruits after one month of training.
But Aristovich said that even after a peace deal is concluded, there could remain small tactical clashes for a year despite Ukraine’s insistence on the complete evacuation of Russian forces from its territory.
The war in Ukraine began on February 24 when Russian President Vladimir Putin launched what he called a “special military operation” in the largest military operation in a European country since World War II.