ukrainian president goes to the us again to seek lifting of arms restrictions, russian media: zelensky is trying to show the world that the us still supports him
2024-09-23
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[global times special correspondent in russia xiao xinxin, global times special correspondent liu yupeng and song bo] "zelensky will put pressure on the united states to lift restrictions on weapons that can strike russian territory." agence france-presse reported on this topic that on the 21st local time, ukrainian president zelensky said in a tv speech in the evening that he would urge the united states and britain to authorize ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike russian targets when he visits washington next week. "we will continue to convince our partners that ukraine needs comprehensive long-range capabilities." agence france-presse said that kiev has been pressuring the west on this issue for weeks.
the day before, zelensky admitted in an interview that despite months of lobbying, "neither the united states nor the united kingdom would allow us to use these weapons on russian territory, at any distance, against any target" because "they are worried about an escalation of the situation." russian president vladimir putin had previously warned that if ukraine used long-range weapons provided by the west to strike russian targets on the mainland, it would mean that nato countries would be directly involved in the russia-ukraine conflict.
according to cnn on the 21st, zelensky said in an interview with the media that the use of long-range missiles to strike russian domestic targets is a key part of his "victory plan" to end the conflict, and he will submit the plan to us officials next week. zelensky said that in addition to president biden, he will meet with democratic presidential candidate, vice president harris, and republican presidential candidate trump. "this 'victory plan' not only includes what biden needs to do now, but also different situations that may arise in the future. after november this year, the united states will have a new president. we need to talk to each candidate about their views on this."
ukrainian president zelensky, file photo
the guardian reported on the 21st that when asked how he would convince biden during the meeting on the 26th, zelensky said that biden had made some decisions before, but after "some interesting conversations and difficult discussions", biden finally changed his mind. he added that biden could win a respected "historical position" by "strengthening ukraine's strength and protecting ukraine's independence" before leaving office.
regarding zelensky's visit to the united states, the russian newspaper "moscow komsomolets" said on the 21st that zelensky will bargain with the presidential candidates of the two parties in the united states instead of showing them the so-called "victory plan". in addition to asking for funds and arms, the purpose of zelensky's visit is more importantly to ensure that the democratic presidential candidate will continue to support kiev if he wins. zelensky is trying to show the world through this visit that he can still enter the white house, the u.s. congress still accepts him, and the united states still supports him.
russia's lenta website quoted russian political scientist voiko as saying that zelensky was anxious about the upcoming us presidential election and the possible unknown results, so he rushed to the united states to lobby again. although zelensky continued to put pressure on the united states, russia's possible response prevented the united states from approving it.
according to the german newspaper die welt, former german chancellor gerhard schröder called for talks with russia on ukraine and advised those who think it is possible to defeat moscow militarily to look through history textbooks. schröder said the most realistic option for achieving peace is to negotiate with russia and reach a compromise. "this conflict must be ended through negotiations. in any case, peace cannot be achieved by military means."
according to ria novosti, russian foreign ministry spokeswoman zakharova said on the 21st that russia would not attend the second "peace summit" on the ukrainian issue scheduled to be held in november this year. zakharova said in a statement that the goal of this summit will be the same as the last one, that is, to promote the unfeasible solution proposed by ukraine as the only basis for resolving the russian-ukrainian conflict. zakharova said that russia does not refuse to resolve the ukrainian crisis through political and diplomatic means. russia is ready to discuss serious proposals, but it must take into account the current regional situation and geopolitical realities as well as the relevant conditions put forward by russian president putin in june this year. the day before, zelensky told ukrainian media that ukraine is ready to meet with russian representatives at the second "peace summit".
meanwhile, the fighting on the conflict front remains fierce. according to the associated press, ukraine launched more than 100 drones at russia on the night of the 21st, causing a fire and explosion in an arsenal in the heart of russia and closing a major highway. according to the russian satellite news agency, the russian ministry of defense announced on the 21st that the russian army repelled three attempts by ukrainian troops to break through the russian border in kursk oblast. it is reported that in the past 24 hours, the ukrainian army lost more than 300 military personnel and 9 armored vehicles in the kursk direction. the russian ministry of defense stressed that the operation to eliminate the ukrainian army is still continuing.
