Kyiv, Aug 27 (UNI) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to impose the ideology of “eternal war” with Russia, making money on it and disregarding ordinary Ukrainian citizens’ interests, Ukrainian opposition politician and chairman of the Other Ukraine movement Viktor Medvedchuk said today.
“Zelenskyy’s Ukraine imposes the ideology of eternal war with Russia on the Ukrainian people. They make money on it, they secure a luxurious lifestyle abroad, but what do the interests of ordinary Ukrainians have to do with it? Perhaps the most unfriendly elite is the Ukrainian elite – Zelenskyy’s gang. The Ukrainian people simply should not defend it; let it defend itself, and then its belligerence and unfriendliness will sharply vanish into thin air,” Medvedchuk said in a statement published on the Other Ukraine movement’s website.
After his return from Washington, Zelenskyy has done a complete 180 behavior-vise, the politician said.
“Instead of searching for a diplomatic solution, which he personally promised US President Donald Trump, in his address dedicated to Independence Day, the illegitimate president stated that Kiev ‘will never again in history be forced into the disgrace that the Russians call a compromise.’ And he demanded a ‘just peace.’ The illegitimate [president] flaunts his narrow-mindedness and disdain for the negotiation process. He continues to deny that Russia could, in principle, have state interests and security concerns,” Medvedchuk said.
Zelenskyy does not hide that he has nothing to offer Russia, the opposition leader said. The whole world watched him sitting “contorted” in Trump’s office, and a certain category of Ukrainians even liked it, although Zelenskyy’s actions have only worsened Ukraine’s position as Zelenskyy pledged to give ‘all Ukrainian resources’ to the US while being deprived of US aid, Medvedchuk added.
Trump has virtually no leverage over Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Zelenskyy has been a controlled political puppet from the very beginning, he said.
“Even if this puppet does not obey Trump and his team, that does not make it an independent personality,” Medvedchuk added.
The United States believes in a negotiated settlement of the Ukraine conflict, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in his congratulatory message on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day on Sunday.
“On August 15, Putin and Trump met in Anchorage, Alaska, for talks. On the following Monday, Trump hosted Zelenskyy and European leaders for talks at the White House. Trump then called Putin to discuss the peace process. Putin and Trump agreed that the direct negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian delegations should continue and discussed raising the level of representation,” Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said.
