Zelensky ready to freeze front line for talks with Moscow
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Mediacongo
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is ready for a ceasefire that would freeze the front line to open negotiations with Moscow. The concession could formalise the loss of 20% of Ukrainian territory, he told Fox News, according to Mediacongo.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was ready to accept a ceasefire that would freeze the front line, in an interview broadcast on Fox News on Wednesday 21 October, according to Mediacongo. Such an arrangement would formalise the loss of 20% of Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Russia.
Zelensky presented this concession as an opening for negotiations aimed at ending the war. He acknowledged that the Ukrainian army was unable to retake the territories occupied by Russian forces, according to Mediacongo.
French General Jérôme Pellistrandi, editor-in-chief of the Défense nationale journal, believes that Ukrainians are resisting in particular thanks to their drones, while Russian forces are not in a position to win the war. He said both sides needed to make concessions to avoid a conflict that could last for years.
The statement came after several American and Russian comments on resuming negotiations. On 21 October, Moscow said it was ready to resume talks with Kyiv and Washington, after Donald Trump urged Ukraine to reach an agreement on 20 October (resumption of talks with Ukraine and the United States).
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