Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that French President Emmanuel Macron asked Ukraine to make territorial concessions to Russia to achieve a ceasefire.
“Macron wanted to see results in mediation between us … and suggested to me certain things related to concessions on our sovereignty in order to help Putin save his face,” Zelensky said in an interview with Italian TV. “We are not ready to help someone to save something and lose our territories for it.”
Earlier in the war, Russian demanded that Ukraine drop its claim to Crimea, which has been under Russian control since 2014 and recognize the independence of the breakaway Donbas republics. Macron is one of the few NATO leaders that has favored negotiations as a way to end the fighting, although his office rejected Zelensky’s characterization.
“The president of the [French] Republic has never discussed anything with Vladimir Putin without the agreement of President Zelenskyy and has never asked President Zelenskyy for any concession. He has always said that it was up to the Ukrainians to decide the terms of their negotiations with the Russians,” an Elysée official said.
Zelensky made the remarks when asked about earlier comments made by Macron. Last week, the French leader said Russia must not be “humiliated” and said the conflict would be resolved through negotiations.
“We will have a peace to build tomorrow, let us never forget that … We will have to do this with Ukraine and Russia around the table. The end of the discussion and the negotiation will be set by Ukraine and Russia,” Macron said.
Since Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Istanbul at the end of March, peace talks between the warring sides have stalled. According to a report from Ukrainska Pravda, when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on April 9, he told Zelensky that even if Ukraine was ready to sign a deal with Russia, the West was not. Johnson recently told Macron that he “urged” Ukraine not to negotiate with Moscow.
BJ and Biden want to fight to the last Ukrainian to ‘weaken’ Russia. Zelenskiiy is a puppet of the US State Dept. and, with proper monetary recompence, will do their bidding.
Now that Macron has safely won his reelection, Zelenskyy can continue with his jabs at Macron for suggesting surrender.
What is wrong with Boris Johnson? Internally so bad off? trying to resurrect the glory days of pre-WWI British Empire? Britain appears to be an island cut off from the real world of the continent. Eagerly seeking WWIII.
America
has lost it’s collective mind as political hack after political hack
makes a pilgrimage to bow at the feet of the anti-Christ Zelensky.
Zelensky is now being elevated above Saint George Floyd in the pantheon of criminal stooges.
Zelensky should have been taken out of the equation on day one. He is
responsible for more Ukrainian deaths than anyone this century or last.
All Zelensky had to do was honor the Minsk Accord or declare Ukraine neutral and non-NATO.
From the start, Russia made its demands clear and said that if they were refused the demands would get bigger. Zelinskyyyy refused and even wants Crimea back! The West does not care about Ukraine, only destroying Russia. If Macron actually suggested negotiations (the OPPOSITE of BoJo who pushed Ze to refuse all compromise weeks ago) it is the best thing he has done for years.
Do you know who else doesn’t care about Ukraine? Putin.
Do you know who cares about Ukraine? Ukrainians, and they want their country back.
Edit: otherwise, they’ll become another Palestine.
Yes, and who are Ukrainians? Seventy five percent are Ukrainians an Russians of Orthidox faith. About 20% are Catholics from West Ukraine, formerly part of Poland, Hungary. And these are since 2014 controlling Kiev, proud Nazis — trying to finish off what Hitler started. Treating MAJORITY as traitors and undesirables, shiving their Ruthenian dialect in the country as the “real Ukrsinian.
You have to totally blund not to ser that they wanted a version of Israel with the Christian Orthodox beng the new Palestinians. Good luck to Zelenski. He is putting many minoriries at risk — as be is favoring them in bureacracy. Backlash will come. Poor transparent Zelenski has praised Germany for taking a “lead” in Europe against Rusia. Wishful thinking!
As for Russia, no need for anyone to save Putin’s face — Russia already accomplished 70% of its most critical terrotorial gains.
Those that will never go back to Ukraine — no matter the outcome: Azov Sea coast and Crimea-adjacent Kherson. Azov Sea becomes Russian sea, no more threat to Crimea bridge from reckless Ukrainian behaviour. Kherson, including both sides of Dnyeper estuary, will insure that Ukraine never again blocks Crimean waters .
Kherson is a major Russia. symbol. Place where Russian prince Vladimir accepted Christianity.
As for the silly talk of Russia’s saving face, is there a reason for sudden phone calls to Shoigu testify to some things dawning.
One has to be blind not to see what is happening on the “stalled” front. Russia is not even attacking it, but demolishing all military capabilities immediatelly behind the front. Ammunition, hardware, logistics. And of course any transport infrastructure to replenish it,
And just wait for front to collapse.
Today’s Western narrative is really more in the category of fantasy.
Is there a rush? Until Zelenski and his band of
Nazi thugs are out, And make iit more expensive. In their stupidity Zelenski disabled port of Odessa by forbigdding cargo ships to
depart. And mined the port. Now he has no functioning port, and cannot blame Russia for it.
There is no time table here. With no navy or airforce, Ukraine can only push its conscripts to the front, until front collapses in bits and pieces.
Russia will take its time. It is using a fraction if its forces. A tiny fraction. This will alow for hysteria in the West to die down, and the reality of 20% inflation in Europe sink in. Euro falling bellow dollar. And will get used to tge realities of ts economic situatiin. Or will sink into a decay not to recover any more. Rusdian economy, ruble, trade? All good. Predictions all out of the window,
Of course NATO can escallate— and the consequences are beyond our ability to predict.
This is the standard Narrative I see in Russian state controlled TV. Complete delusion that is hurting Russia.
Get informed. Not too hard if you want to. Of course it is so much easier to sit back and regurgitate CNN.
Again you are wrong.Putin has always made it clear he does NOT see ukrainians as an enemy. He tried for 8 years to have a fair agreement but the Ukies would not. he “annexed” Crimea only after the new illegal govt refused to give any rights to Donbas people. The US interference encouraged the far-right criminals now causing the hatred and violence.
Zelensky was high on drugs. It could have been hallucination
Macron was just telling ‘elensky to respect international law and implement UNSC 2202.
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“We are not ready to help someone to save something and lose our territories for it.”
Great response from V.Z.
Macron, Scholtz, Draghi, Erdogan are all trying to walk the knife’s edge between survival and insanity. Call it a double game if you like; but, if not quite Orban, it’s infinitely better than von der Leyen, Bojo, & co.
And Putin is fighting for his life, retirement isn’t an option he’s given.
Wow, the French counseled surrender, never would have seen that coming/sarc.