“The Russians insist on neutrality. The most important thing for us is the liberation of the Donbass and all the temporarily occupied territories, as well as the occupied Crimean peninsula,” Zhelensky said in an interview with Saudi Arabia. Television Channel Al Arabia.
When the peninsula was annexed by the Russians in Crimea in 2014, Volodymyr Zhelensky again accused Moscow of demanding that Ukraine not join NATO and remain neutral in trying to divide its country by referendum in the occupied territories, as happened in 2014.
And today, US Ambassador Michael Carpenter has “very credible” information that the United States is trying to unite the self-proclaimed pro-Russian separatist republics of Donetsk and Lukansk by organizing “false referendums” in mid-May. And other areas were occupied from the beginning of the Russian invasion.
In addition to the liberation of the whole of Ukraine, the head of state of Ukraine acknowledged the neutrality demanded by Moscow, saying, “Kiev wants security guarantees to prevent such attacks in the future.
Zelensky, however, insisted that any decision in this regard would be submitted to a “referendum attended by all people.”
Regarding the talks with Moscow, the Ukrainian president reiterated the need for talks between the two, saying “Russian negotiators have no decision-making power” and that “(Russian President Vladimir Putin will always have the last word”. Presidents.
Volodymyr Zhelensky also spoke about the suspension of exports from Ukraine, which worries many Arab countries, which are largely dependent on essential commodities such as wheat from this European country.
“The siege imposed by Russian warships on Ukrainian ports will cause a global food crisis,” he warned.