“It’s like Pandora’s box”

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The Ukrainian president believes with Trump in the White House, the war will end soon

Nov. 15 () –

The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, regretted that the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, spoke by phone this Friday with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and has assured that this may be the first of many other conversations with other leaders. “It has opened Pandora’s box,” he said.

“Olaf’s call, in my opinion, is like Pandora’s box. Now there can be other conversations, other calls and this is exactly what Putin wanted for a long time,” lamented the Ukrainian president.

“For him it is very important to weaken Russia’s isolation, and to carry out negotiations that will not end in anything as has happened for decades. This has given Russia the opportunity to change nothing, to do nothing in practice and that That’s exactly what led us to this war,” Zelensky said.

However, Zelensky has assured that they know what steps to take next and has warned that they will not sit at a dialogue table again if peace is not truly negotiated. “There will be no Minsk 3,” he said in reference to a hypothetical meeting again in the capital of Belarus as at the beginning of the war.

“THE WAR WILL END FASTER” WITH TRUMP

On the other hand, Zelensky has assessed that Donald Trump’s return to Washington can accelerate the end of the conflict. “With the policies of this team that will now lead the White House, the war will end sooner,” the president has bet, according to a preview of an interview for Ukrainian public television.

Zelensky believes that the fact that it was one of Trump’s most repeated promises during the campaign may favor a future outcome. However, he clarified that “it is very important” that Ukraine achieves a “just peace.”

“So that we do not feel that we have lost the best of ourselves because of the injustice that has not been imposed,” said Zelensky, who has claimed to have received the understanding of the president-elect of the United States when they spoke before and after his victory in the elections. last elections.

“He has listened to our positions and I have not heard anything against,” he stated.