KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday (Nov 21) that Ukraine risked dropping its dignity and freedom, or Washington’s backing, over a US peace plan that endorses key Russian calls for, a proposal Donald Trump stated Kyiv ought to settle for inside per week.
The US president advised Fox Information Radio he believed Thursday was an applicable deadline for Kyiv to just accept the plan, confirming what two sources advised Reuters.
Washington’s 28-point plan calls on Ukraine to cede territory, settle for limits to its navy and resign ambitions to hitch NATO. It additionally comprises some proposals Moscow might object to and requires its forces to drag again from some areas they’ve captured, based on a draft seen by Reuters.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, who has beforehand refused to budge on Russia’s key territorial and safety calls for, stated on Friday the US plan might be the premise of a closing decision of the almost four-year–previous battle. He stated Kyiv was towards the plan however neither it nor its European allies understood the truth of Russian advances in Ukraine.
‘DIGNITY AND FREEDOM OF UKRAINIANS’
Zelenskyy, who has rejected the plan’s phrases up to now as capitulation, appealed to Ukrainians for unity and stated he would by no means betray Ukraine.
“Now is likely one of the most tough moments of our historical past,” he stated in a solemn speech to the nation delivered on the street exterior his workplace, a location he makes use of solely hardly ever for main addresses.
“Now, Ukraine can face a really tough alternative, both dropping dignity or threat dropping a significant associate,” he stated, including: “I’ll struggle 24/7 to make sure that a minimum of two factors within the plan are usually not ignored, the dignity and freedom of Ukrainians.”
