War in Ukraine: Zelensky says he is preparing a plan for a “just peace” while continuing to strengthen militarily

Volodymyr Zelensky a également insisté sur le fait que son pays devait en parallèle muscler son industrie militaire. MAXPPP – SERGEY DOLZHENKO

The Ukrainian president said Friday he was working on a new plan to end the war in Ukraine, while continuing to strengthen militarily.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday he was working on a new plan to end the war in Ukraine, while continuing to strengthen militarily to be able to force Russia to accept a &quot ;just peace".

"It is very important for us to show a plan to end the war that is supported by the majority (of countries) of the world, that's what we are doing on the diplomatic plan", he said during a press conference in Kiev, alongside his Slovenian counterpart Natasha Pirc Musar. < em>"We do not want to prolong this war and we must achieve a just peace as quickly as possible", he added.

Strengthen your military industry

But Volodymyr Zelensky also insisted on the fact that his country must at the same time strengthen its military industry, because "Russia only understands force, and does not respect that the strong".

"These are two things in parallel: being strong on the battlefield, and developing a plan, a clear and detailed plan, which will be ready this year" quot;, he insisted.

Ukraine has already proposed a 10-point peace plan, supported by the West, involving the unconditional withdrawal of Russian forces from 2022, the year of its invasion by Russia. of Ukrainian territory.

A peace summit also took place in Switzerland in mid-June, at the initiative of Ukraine, from which Russia had been excluded. Dozens of countries supported kyiv's efforts, but several key powers abstained and others, led by China, did not make the trip.

Mr. Zelensky also said Thursday in Brussels that the plan on which Ukraine is working, with its supporters, will have to be presented at a second summit. kyiv had indicated that Russia could possibly be invited.

“We have many wounded and dead on the battlefield and among civilians. This is why we do not want the war to last for more years, which is why we are preparing this plan together, to put it on the table during a second summit for peace", he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward his own solution to the conflict: that Ukraine cede five eastern and southern regions and that it renounce joining NATO . De facto a request for capitulation, rejected in kyiv as in the West.