Western countries are wary of a complete breakdown of relations with Russia, as they do not rule out Ukraine's defeat, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"Everyone keeps the door open with Russia. A little open. Not as open as it was in 2014, when the big mistake happened. But each of the leaders kept the door a little open. Not all, but many. Just a hole. "And what will happen if Ukraine loses?" We should not completely close the doors to Russia," Zelensky said in an interview with The New York Times.
According to him, this is expressed in the fact that the West did not dare to completely stop trade with Russia, did not recall its ambassadors and did not close the embassies in order to "not be left without diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation". The Western countries also did not hand over Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine and do not allow Western weapons to hit Russian territory due to the risk of warming, which "already happened". "Isolation did not work," Zelensky stated. Kyiv does not rule out that negotiations with Moscow can be resumed. However, this will happen only after the peace summit in Switzerland, which is scheduled for mid-June, Zelensky emphasized. According to him, at that event, Ukraine intends to receive broad support for its peace settlement plan. Will Russia put an end to the war? And we will see if he wants peace, so that the war ends on fair terms, not what one sees in the Kremlin," said Zelensky.
