BRUSSELS Nov. 19 () –
The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, asked this Tuesday for the support of the European Union to “push” Russia towards a “just peace” in 2025, ensuring that it is key to strengthen Ukraine and hit Moscow militarily and economically so that the Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees to a deal next year.
In an intervention by videoconference in the European Parliament coinciding with the thousand days of Russian invasion, Zelensky has asked for the support of the EU with more sanctions and punishments for the Russian economy, in addition to allowing Russia to be attacked on its own territory, to achieve a agreement that guarantees peace in Ukraine.
“I urge you not to forget how much Europe is capable of achieving. If we could prevent Europe’s way of life from falling, then surely we can push Russia towards a just peace. Peace is what we want most,” he said. stated the Ukrainian president, who has marked that next year, 2025, will be “the year of peace.”
In this sense, he has stressed that the recipe involves strengthening Ukraine to stop Putin who is focused on continuing military aggression. Thus, he recalled that the Russian president only understands the language of power and “does not value people or rules.”
“Every day is the best time to put more pressure on Russia. It is clear that without certain key factors, Russia will lack real motivation to engage in meaningful negotiations. Without fires in its ammunition depots on Russian territory, without disrupted military logistics, without Russian air bases destroyed, without their lost capacity to produce missiles and drones, and without their assets being confiscated,” he explained, pointing out the next actions he expects from the EU, in the midst of the debate on allowing kyiv to use long-range missiles. reach to hit Russia on its own territory.
MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AGREEMENT WITH RUSSIA
Zelensky has sent a message to “some European leaders” who, in his opinion, are focused on winning elections “at the expense of Ukraine”, in what can be interpreted as a veiled message to the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, for his phone call to Putin last Friday. That is why he has insisted that more pressure must be put on Moscow to reestablish peace, against those who think they can “sell” Ukraine, Moldova, the Baltics or the Balkans “and gain something in return.”
In this way, he has warned that “no one can enjoy calm waters in the middle of a storm” and has asked the EU to take all possible decisions to help end the war in Ukraine “in a fair and equitable manner.” “A thousand days of war is a tremendous challenge, a tremendous challenge. Ukraine is obliged to make next year the year of peace,” he stated.
CRITICISM OF SCHOLZ
Criticism of the German Chancellor has become more evident in the parliamentary groups, when the leader of the European People’s Party, the German Manfred Weber, has insisted that the EU must show leadership and allow the use of Western weapons to attack within its territory. Russian.
“Scholz said he would take all necessary steps. Please provide the Taurus systems that Ukraine needs,” he indicated, after the United States’ decision to allow the use of ATACMS has shifted the focus to member states such as France and Germany that They have similar systems.
Weber has defended that peace has to be achieved through “the strength” of kyiv and not through “concessions” to Russia, who he has said is an “imperialist power” that will not change its behavior.
For the leader of the Social Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe García, the war in Ukraine will be won with tanks, ammunition and air defenses, which is why she has criticized the “self-imposed red lines” by Europe in its support for kyiv, insisting that If Ukraine falls, Putin’s “authoritarian and criminal” regime will not stop.
“It is about supporting Ukraine not only for as long as necessary but supporting it with everything that is necessary,” he defended, ensuring that we must put an end to the “defeatist” message that Ukraine cannot win on the battlefield. .
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