"Russia without Ukraine is zero": Zelensky in conversation with Bloomberg

It is Ukraine that gives Russia a sense of "imperiality". Therefore, Putin, Zelensky believes, will fight to the end for the opportunity to occupy the land. Russia weighs nothing without Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told this in an interview with Bloomberg. "I am 100 percent confident, Russia without Ukraine is zero," the head of state said. Russia without Ukraine and Belarus, he added, will be a "small normal country" but not an "empire".

That is why, according to Zelensky, the Kremlin head Vladimir Putin will fight to the end for any opportunity to occupy Ukraine. We will remind, Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that Ukraine cannot trust the head of the Kremlin Vladimir Putin on "ceasefire", because he is a murderer and an aggressor. Kiev must understand that Moscow will not use a truce only to accumulate equipment, because the Armed Forces will no longer stop the aggressor, and repeat the invasion with new forces.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also ready to meet with the former US President Donald Trump immediately if he really knows how to finish the war quickly. The politician must share his peace plan now that Kiev will study it in detail and evaluate the possible risks. In addition, according to the President, Ukraine seeks to preserve its role in a transit country and help Western neighbors to ensure energy security, but does not want to continue a gas contract with Moscow.