MUNICH – Addressing world leaders at the annual Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed a cautious hope for upcoming peace negotiations while delivering a sharp critique of the diplomatic pressure currently facing Kyiv.
With a new round of U.S.-brokered talks set to begin in Geneva this Tuesday, Zelenskyy warned that international mediators are focusing disproportionately on Ukrainian compromises rather than Russian accountability.
"The Americans often return to the topic of concessions, and too often those concessions are discussed only in the context of Ukraine, not Russia.
"We need to hear what compromises Moscow is ready for," Zelenskyy stated.
The upcoming summit in Switzerland follows two rounds of trilateral discussions in Abu Dhabi earlier this year.
While those meetings were described as constructive and led to agreements on large-scale prisoner exchanges, they failed to yield breakthroughs on core issues, such as territorial sovereignty and a formal ceasefire.
U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly set a June deadline for a final peace deal to end Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
However, Zelenskyy insisted that Ukraine will not be rushed into a half-baked agreement, insisting on legally watertight security guarantees, specifically a minimum 20-year commitment from Washington, before any deal is signed.
Demands
Central to the friction is the status of the Donbas region. Reports suggest U.S. negotiators have floated a plan for Ukrainian withdrawal from certain eastern territories to expedite a ceasefire, a proposal Zelenskyy dismissed as a little bit crazy, noting that these are populated areas where "our people live."
Zelenskyy also called for a clear timeline for EU accession, with some officials eyeing 2027, concrete troop commitments from European allies to serve as a reassurance force post-settlement, and an immediate monitoring of a ceasefire and the return of an estimated 7,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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