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Volangymris Zelenskyy says the first time he is willing to go down as President of Ukraine if the transfer of NATO membership or lasting peace for his country.
“If it brings peace for Ukraine, if I really need to leave my post, I’m ready to exchange it for NATO (Minging),” Zelenskyy told the reporters in a Kyiv press conference on Sunday. “If there are such circumstances (I will go down) then.”
“I focus on security today and not in 20 years of time.. I am not in power for many decades,” Zelenskyy said ahead of the third anniversary of the converting Russia on Ukraine on Monday.
The shocking offer to go down, while the dark prospects cannot be given to the NATO access, a sign of severe US pressure rushing to the Hasting of a Moscow agreement.
The Trump administration makes many concessions in Russia, including agreement with bilateral relationships in Saudi Arabia last week, while NATO membership for Ukraine is not included for Ukraine.
Trump describes Zelenskyy last week as a “dictator” while blaming Kyiv, instead of Moscow, at the beginning of the war.
Russia launches the largest drone strike against Ukraine on Sunday, firing 267 drones against many targets across the country.
Ukrainian officials say Washington also strives to strengthen the arm Zelenskyy to sign an agreement that will provide US Ukrainian mineral goods.
US officials present Kyiv last week with a plan to channel up to $ 500bn of revenues from the resource to be 100 percent owned by the US. Trump describes the plan as a payment for previous US military assistance.
Zelenskyy rejected against Trump administration demands.
“I know we have $ 100bn (with help from the US) but I can’t recognize $ 500bn, no matter what Zelenskyy says.” I don’t sign on a ten generation of Ukrainians . “
Zelenskyy also rejected a statement of the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to a On-ed For financial time a mineral “interaction” in the US will strengthen Ukraine’s security.
Zeletksyy challenges “a particular logic” in Washington that the US companies can prevent Russian attacks, which focuses on US businesses at first attacked in 2014.
“It has not been given 100 percent guarantee that Russians do not return to areas of (US companies) entered,” Zelenskyy added.
Zelenskyy says NATO membership for Ukraine is the final security guarantee against future Russian military attacks. But the Trump administration pours cold water on the idea, with Pete’s defense secretary Hegsth at the end of the week he did in Ukraine a realistic outcome “.
He also ruled out deploying us troops in Ukraine after the war with Russia ends, which Zelenskyy said on Sunday that he would like to see as part of a deal on rare and critical minerals that his administration is negotiating with the White House.
The Trump administration argues that a postwar postwar development agreement, but Kyiv pushes back. Zelenskyy said Sunday, as Washington has now suggested, it is very expensive and cannot provide enough security guarantee.
Zelenskyy said he convinced Trump “wants to end this war and help us to do that” but also anxious that the US president also has a stopping as “good success”.
“We want to guarantee security for our people,” he said.
