Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that he is ready to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting in his interview with CNN: “I think that without negotiations we cannot end the war.”
Zelensky added, “If there is only a 1% chance of stopping this war, I think we need to seize it.”
He also warned that if attempts to negotiate with Russia fail, this means that this is a “third world war,” as he put it.
The Ukrainian president had accused the Kremlin of causing a humanitarian catastrophe, noting that Ukrainians would remember Russia’s horrific siege of Mariupol for centuries, stressing that the siege of Mariupol witnessed the commission of war crimes.
The Ukrainian president also accused Moscow of forcibly deporting thousands of Ukrainians to Russia.
This comes as the Ukrainian presidency warned, today, Sunday, that the danger of an attack from Belarus on the west of the country exists.
“Threats of an attack from Belarus on the Volyn region in western Ukraine are high,” Ukraine’s presidential office said, citing the military. The Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian Army also raised the possibility of an attack by Belarusian forces on his country.
The Russian military operation in Ukraine entered its 25th day, today, Sunday, as The Russian army continues to destroy Ukrainian military targetsThe Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine revealed that Ukraine will receive a new shipment of US weapons within days, including Javelin and Stinger missiles.
Zelensky called on Saturday for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow to halt its military operation in his country, urging Switzerland to crack down on billionaires close to Russian President Vladimir Putin who he said were helping with their money in the war on Ukraine.
Earlier in the day, Zelensky said, “I want everyone to hear me now, especially in Moscow. It’s time to meet, time to talk… It’s time to restore Ukraine’s territorial integrity and restore justice. Otherwise, Russia’s losses will be so severe that it will take generations to recover.”
The Russian Defense Ministry said, on Saturday, that it had destroyed A large underground warehouse for missiles and aircraft munitions In the Ivano-Frankivsk region in the west of the country, hypersonic missiles are used, which can hit their designated targets at five times the speed of sound or more.This is the first time that Russia has used These missiles are in Ukraine.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Command confirmed the attack, but said the Ukrainian side had no information about the type of missiles used.