Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday (11) that a ceasefire in the war against Russia would not lead to political dialogue and would only benefit Moscow.
Speaking to reporters in the Estonian capital Tallinn during a visit to the Baltic region, Zelensky said any pause in fighting would risk allowing Russia to regroup and increase munitions supplies. “We won't risk it,” he commented.
“The pause would not lead to the end of the war, it would not lead to political dialogue with Russia or anyone else. And thank God all this is decided in Ukraine and there will be no pauses to benefit Russia,” he warned.
Later on Thursday, speaking in the Latvian capital Riga, he said Russia was preparing to launch an offensive ahead of March's presidential elections.
“They want some small tactical victories before [das eleições] and prepare for something global or massive later”, claimed the president.
“The situation at the front [de batalha] it is very complicated; we lack weapons,” she added.
With the trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, some of Kiev's biggest supporters in the European Union and NATO military alliance, Zelensky hopes to resist fatigue among Ukraine's Western allies, secure more financial and military aid and discuss Kiev's proposals. to join NATO and the EU.
It will be difficult for Ukraine to survive unless it receives a delayed package of financial support from the European Union, the president told reporters in Tallinn. The package was blocked by Hungary in December.
“This support is very important for us”, he said.
No negotiations
The three Baltic states were the first Western nations to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons in the weeks before the Russian invasion in February 2022.
Zelensky said Russia faces a “deficit” of ammunition and is struggling to rebuild its elite troops, which influences their behavior on the battlefield.
He claimed that Russia was negotiating to buy missiles from Iran and that its forces had received more than a million rounds of ammunition from North Korea.
Zelensky refused to comment on the Italian Defense Minister's statements on Wednesday that the time for diplomacy in the conflict had come.
“I have never had negotiations of this type with Italy, at any level, so it is difficult for me to comment,” he explained.
Source: CNN Brasil
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