Zelensky Aide Vows There Will Be ‘No Compromise’ With Moscow
An aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Monday that there will be “no compromise” with Moscow to end the fighting in Ukraine and rejected the idea of a ceasefire.
Mykhailo Podolyak said the only “foundation for negotiations” could be Zelensky’s “peace formula,” which calls for a full Russian withdrawal before peace talks can happen.
“There can be no compromise positions such as ‘immediate ceasefires’ and ‘negotiations here and now’ that give Russia time to stay in the occupied territories,” Podolyak wrote on X, formally known as Twitter.
The comments came after a report from The Wall Street Journal suggested Kyiv might be softening its stance on peace talks. The report recapped talks on the war held in Saudi Arabia over the weekend that were attended by officials from 42 countries, including the US, Ukraine, and China.
