Zelensky asked to bring Ukraine “under the umbrella of NATO” to appease Russia and recover what was lost through diplomacy

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskysuggested this Friday that a ceasefire deal could be reached in the Ukraine war si el territorio que controla currently “bajo el paraguas de la OTAN” y pudiese negociare la devolution del resto más tarde de forma diplomaticática.

“If we want to end the “hot phase” of the war, we must put the territory of Ukraine under NATO's umbrella. We must do it quickly. The rest of the territory (occupied) can be recovered through the diplomatic route.pronunció el líder ucraniano en una interview con Sky News.

Zelensky answered the veteran reporter Stuart Ramzay, who asked the Ukrainian to react to the information that some media outlets say is one of the plans of the US President-elect Donald Trump to end the war. It may be in Ukraine That Kiev gave the lands annexed by Moscow to Russia cambio de unirse for a la OTAN.

Zelensky interpreted it in this sense No one has officially offered them “Entrar en la OTAN con solo una parte de Ukraine”. And a cease-fire was needed to guarantee that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not return to seize more Ukrainian territory, and the Alliance would “immediately” cover the part of the country controlled by Kiev.

Sin embargo, matizó: “La Invitation to spread to Ukraine under internationally recognized bordersno se puede incluir a solo una parte del país. Why? Because you would admit that Ukraine is only a part of the territory, and the other part is Russia”, this would be against the Constitution of Ukraine.

In Zelenskiy's first interview with British media since Trump's election victory, the Ukrainian president said he would have to work with the new American president and his team to gain “core support,” which he acknowledged in his speech. Encuentro el pasado mes de septiembre en Nueva York They had a “very warm, good and constructive” conversation.

Segun appointment Sky Newsit is also the first time that Zelensky has hinted at a ceasefire agreement that would include Russian control of part of Ukraine's territory, as it has consistently shown throughout the conflict Reacio a ceder partes del país to RussiaIncluding Crimea, annexed since 2014, and Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhia, unilaterally declared by Russia since September 2022.

The war in Ukraine has escalated in recent weeks, especially after the US gave Kiev the green light to use long-range missiles against military targets on Russian soil; Putin has responded recently with multiple attacks and the new Oréshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles.