Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy beat most world leaders to congratulate Donald Trump, and used his message to apparently signal that things will remain unchanged between Ukraine and the United States. expressed hope.
Messages of congratulations are now starting to come in from leaders around the world, but in many cases, like in 2016, we're getting messages telling us to “griet our teeth,” including Donald Trump. This includes those who were among the first to react to the victories of the former president and the president-elect. It has been revealed that the person who appeared in 2024 is Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine. publish statementUkrainians called the victory “impressive,” but quickly began discussing a “victory plan.”
Although promoted around Western capitals by President Zelenskiy in recent months, it has generally received only a lukewarm reception from leaders, with notable exceptions, and the Victory Plan has since been presented in a new format. It was published publicly as an itemized list of Ukraine's long-standing demands. At the heart of the document is a call for an “immediate and unconditional invitation” for Ukraine to join NATO, which has been repeatedly rejected throughout the country's war.
The movement to embrace Mr. Trump and express wishful thinking has been going on for years. Ukrainian diplomatic tacticswhich comes after President Trump has repeatedly vowed, with mixed success, that if he wins the election, the large-scale war in Ukraine will end quickly and peacefully. The former and future president told Breitbart News in August that if elected, he intended to hold peace talks between Kiev and Moscow before officially taking office.
His conversation with Breitbart News in August was reported as follows:
President Trump knows Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and believes that if he is re-elected on November 5th, he will be able to negotiate peace to end the “death” and “destruction.” He said there was.
“I know the leaders of both countries,” President Trump said. “I know President Putin very well. I want to see the death stop. There is death, there is destruction. They are destroying the entire fabric of certain parts of the world. I want to negotiate and make it happen. ”
… “If you look at the heritage of this country, the cities are almost destroyed,” President Trump said of Ukraine. “They're flattened. They're completely flattened. Have you seen some of these cities? No buildings are built. The country is devastated. So I call it I want to solve it, and I'm going to be able to solve it. And I want to do it before I become the next president and get to the White House.”
Despite today's faux congratulatory message, President Zelenskiy has issued a surprisingly harsh rebuke of President Trump this year, seeking to bring peace to Ukraine, which by Kiev standards is less than a complete victory. He condemned all attempts. As reported in June, President Zelenskiy said that if President Trump tried to achieve a negotiated peace, he would be a “loser president,” adding, “Ukrainians will not put up with that. Deaf,” he said.
This morning, President Zelenskyy delivered a victory-planning message to President Trump, reminding the president-elect that Ukraine depends on “continued strong bipartisan support” from the United States, and saying, “Personally, I would like to ask President Trump: I look forward to congratulating them and discussing ways to strengthen Ukraine's strategic partnership.” With the United States. ”
President Zelenskiy signed a bill on Wednesday morning extending martial law and conscription, the so-called “general mobilization law,” for 90 days until next year, according to Ukrainian state media.
