Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky presented his highly anticipated “victory plan” to the Ukrainian parliament on Wednesday, outlining a strategy he believes could bring an end to the conflict with Russia as early as next year.
The plan hinges on full Western support and Kiev rejecting any compromises with Moscow, which Zelensky accused of not wanting peace.
He said the success of his proposal depends entirely on Ukraine’s partners and not Russia, reiterating his rejection of any territorial concessions or a freeze in the conflict.
Zelensky’s plan includes eight key points, three of which remain classified.
His primary demand is for Ukraine to receive an immediate invitation to join NATO, a prospect that the alliance has hesitated to embrace due to fears of being drawn into the war.
The plan also calls for enhanced defense capabilities, including the removal of restrictions on using foreign long-range weapons against Russia, and for Ukraine to implement a strategic deterrence package to secure its borders.
Zelensky further proposed a joint agreement with Western allies to protect Ukraine’s critical resources and offered to share Ukraine’s battlefield experience to bolster NATO’s defense.
The Kremlin, however, dismissed the plan as an extension of US policies, with Russian officials insisting peace can only be achieved when Kiev abandons its current approach.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested the plan was just another facet of the US-dictated policy of fighting Russia “to the last Ukrainian.”
Peace, he added, can only be achieved if Kiev understands “the futility of the current policy and the need to sober up and realise the reasons that led to the conflict over Ukraine.”
The discussion of Zelensky’s “ephemeral victory plan” has been going on for a very long time, but most likely, behind it lies the US plan to participate in the conflict until the last Ukrainian, Peskov said.
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A well-known Geo-Political Expert in Finland, Thomas Malinen, says he believes the situation for the collective West with the Russia-Ukraine war is at the point where “the future of NATO is at-stake” and as such, he believes a “bat-shit crazy escalation” must (and is going to) take place.
He says: “It now looks like the [NATO] Alliance cannot win a conventional war against Russia. Some members are openly rebelling against NATO Leadership. If Ukraine falls, NATO is likely to follow. If NATO enters the conflict, then that is immediate, NUCLEAR, World War 3. That’s why we’re headed into a bat-shit-crazy escalation”.
Lets remember NATO biggest weakness is Russia’s greatest strength. Russia is united, NATO is disunited. Turkey which is the second biggest member militarily have said flatly they wont enter Russia (of course not they are friends and want BRICS membership). Italy has the biggest remaining army in Europe (Ukraine arguably part of Europe had a huge army until Russia trashed it). Italy sensible does not want to get involved because it knows what it means and its army is no match for Russia’s in size or ability. The USA is too thinly stretched globally to do much either. Its also facing a second front in the Middle East and maybe a third one in China. The UK is militarily a bit of a joke these days and the French apparently don’t want war with Russia because their boutique army wouldn’t last long.
This is like watching a miniaturised version of the fall of the Third Reich. We all know Kiev is finished, even its own people no longer want to fight. NATO is buggered too, if it gets involved it will loose, if its doesn’t get involved it will loose. They underestimated Russia but then isn’t that always the case.
The snowman