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Summary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated he is willing to resign if it ensures peace or NATO membership for Ukraine.
“If it is peace for Ukraine, and if you really want me to leave my post, I’m ready,” he said. “Alternatively, I can trade this for NATO membership… I’m focusing on Ukraine’s security today, not in 20 years.”
His comments come amid tensions with Donald Trump, who falsely suggested the Ukrainian president was responsible for starting the war.
Meanwhile, U.S.-Russia negotiations continue without Ukraine, which Zelenskyy firmly rejects. Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of Ukrainian involvement in any peace negotiations.
That would be a damn good deal and I’m sure Zelenskyi would be more than happy to sign the papers if there was no doubt of the outcome.
But as of now I’m pretty sure that announcement is mostly just global politics with a hint of fools hope of it actually going trough. He’s just stating loud and clear to the world that if it’s his (forcefully) prolonged position which is the main issue on the war then he’ll happily stand down, but on the terms which are acceptable to the Ukraine.
Heck, after all he’s been doing, I wouldn’t be surprised if he agreed to go into trial in russia (and sacrifice himself) if it meant lasting peace for Ukraine. It obviously doesn’t come to that, it’s not really about who’s sitting on president office, but in theory I wouldn’t be surprised.
Yeah it’s more about calling Putin/Trump’s bluff than anything else. We all know they don’t give a shit about democracy in Ukraine, Trump is just using the “dictator” rhetoric to appeal to his base. But that argument is gone now, so now Trump has to come up with a new lie to explain why he’s doing whatever Putin is telling him to do.