Speaking in Ankara after a meeting with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Zelenskyy said Ukraine would not accept the results of talks on how to end the war with Russia that were held “behind Ukraine’s back”.
“It feels like the US is now discussing the ultimatum that Putin set at the start of the full-scale war,” Zelenskyy told reporters. He added: “Once again, decisions about Ukraine are being made without Ukraine. I wonder why they believe Ukraine would accept all these ultimatums now if we refused them at the most difficult moment?”
Zelenskyy also said he would seek the return of occupied eastern and southern towns and villages via diplomatic means, emphasising: “They will be Ukrainian. There can be no compromise.”
Reuters reported that Zelenskyy has postponed a visit to Saudi Arabia planned for Wednesday to avoid giving the US-Russia talks “legitimacy”.
Unfortunately they may not have a choice in the matter, realistically speaking, with who is in charge of the US right now.
edit: of course I get downvoted for being realistic. Sorry, I meant to say Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a super duper man who will single-handedly take on Russia even with US support pulled out from under him and even if that US support is given to Russia because of Trump. Seriously folks, the situation sucks, but let’s not delude ourselves. Don’t be surprised if Ukraine ends up having to accept shit terms because the US, being the main pillar of support, has been taken over by a shit-heel.