"On Crimea, a political solution rather than a military one is possible”. The President of Ukraine said so, Volodymyr Zelensky, in an interview resumed this morning by various media in the country. Statements they represent a real breakthrough and which could leave room for an eventual negotiation should the Kremlin decide to launch signs of opening.
“When we are on the administrative borders of Crimea, I think it is possible politically force demilitarization of Russia on the territory of the peninsula,” Zelensky said.
Zelensky: possible elections in 2024
Zelensky also opened up the possibility of holding the elections in 2024, provided that the necessary money can be found to finance them without reducing funding for arms.
“We are defending our democracy and our land. That's why people talk about elections. There is a political process. It can't be banned”, Zelensky said. With the current martial law in Ukraine there can be no vote but "if our parliamentarians are ready, we have to change the electoral code, we should do it quickly". “We have to get the observers to the front lines so we can have legitimate elections, that are legitimate for the whole world,” he added. In addition, every Ukrainian has the right to cast his vote. “We need it to be a choice of society, so that it doesn't divide our people, so that the military can vote. Today they defend democracy and it is not right not to give them this opportunity because of the war. This is the only reason I was against the election,” she explained.
Zelensky: If the conflict moves to Russia, the allies will leave us alone
Zelensky also said that if the conflict moved to Russian territory, the economic and military support of the great powers would disappear.
Responding to the question of the journalist, who asked him if "do you think the war should move to Russia", the Ukrainian president replied that there would be the "great risk of being permanently left alone".
According to the president, Ukraine is trying to improve its relations with the states that have supported Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, stressing that for them to enter Russian territory is a "sore problem". “There are large states in our world, very large states, for which there is only one point that they are not on Russia's side: the territorial integrity of the state,” Zelensky said. “If I deliberately direct my troops and decide to go to Russian territory, I must know for sure that this state will not be with me. And then you need to think about what is more important now for the people and for Ukraine, ”he added.
