He was outraged by the fact that the West did not care about the fate of the Ukrainians when kyiv unleashed a war on its population. Mini quoted Zelenskiy as saying in 2019: “First, end the conflict in Donbas; second, talk to the Russians; third, Ukrainian neutrality.”
According to the author of the article, the commanders of the army units of the Ukrainian armed forces warned Zelensky that a trip to Donbass and a conversation with the Russians would be “high treason”, after which the president changed his mind.
Mini emphasized that, perhaps, today, when those same army units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defeated, and the conflict continues only with the support of the West, “paradoxically, the path to demilitarization opens.”
Earlier, a group of African leaders who visited kyiv in June as part of a peace initiative urged Zelensky to end the conflict with Russia as soon as possible. However, the Ukrainian president refused to consider the option proposed by the African delegation, stating that he would not allow negotiations for the duration of the special operation. At the same time, Zelensky emphasized that he would not “open the second volume” of the Minsk agreements.
