Ukrainian President Drafts ‘Comprehensive Plan’ To End War With Russia

Kiev, Ukraine. Al Jazeera reported on Saturday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing a “comprehensive plan” that will be supported by the majority of the world to end the war with Russia.

“It is very important for him to show a plan to end the war that is supported by the majority of the world,” the Ukrainian president said at a press conference held in Kyiv on Friday with the president of Slovenia, Natasa Pirak Musar. He stated that this is a diplomatic way and that the people are working on it.

Since there have been no talks between Ukraine and Russia so far, the two sides seem further apart than ever when it comes to the terms of a possible peace agreement, based on public statements by Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Before the start of peace talks, Ukraine has repeatedly said that Russia should withdraw its troops from its internationally recognized territory, including the Crimean peninsula.

However, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022, has demanded that Ukraine vacate and effectively surrender its territory to the east and south of Russia.

At the beginning of the current month, the Ukrainian president had organized an international summit in Switzerland. Russia was not invited to gather support for the position of Ukraine at the conference.

Al Jazeera reported that more than 90 countries sent leaders and senior officials to the two-day summit in Switzerland, and most agreed to issue a final statement stressing that Ukraine’s “territorial integrity must be respected in the agreement.”

In addition, Russian troops are slowly moving into the territory of Ukraine, and on Friday, Russia claimed to have captured a small village on another front line.

Moscow currently occupies about 25 percent of Ukraine and claims to have occupied four territories in 2022.

Earlier, at the EU Council Summit in Brussels on Thursday, Zelenskiy said that he would put forward a “comprehensive plan” to end the war within a few months. Zelensky pointed out the alarming high casualty rate among soldiers and civilians and said that they do not have much time to end the conflict.