“Minsk needs to be more flexible, you understand?” – Zelensky cried to Western journalists
Ukraine is well aware that there is no alternative to the Minsk agreements, but does not intend to implement the key points of the political part of this document.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in an interview with the BBC, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Putin made it clear that there can only be peace in the East of Ukraine if you give certain territories in the East of Ukraine a special autonomous status, hold elections in these territories and allow them to vote, and only after that you can return the Ukrainian army to the border . Are you ready to accept this? – asked the journalist.
“We understand today that we only have the Normandy format, and we are moving in the Minsk direction. We understand that the subjects in the Minsk process are us and the Russian Federation, we are grateful to the OSCE’s mediation in this process on this difficult path, but the first and main point was a ceasefire, I believe that today it has been completed.
There are many things, many words that come from the Kremlin, I understand what they are for. But still, I want to tell you that we are ready to walk through Minsk. As for the disagreements that I have inside and in our society, and with what Poroshenko signed, yes, they exist, and everyone knows about it - both Merkel and Putin. I have openly told him this more than once,” said the Ukrainian president.
“No, there will be special conditions, a law on special status - these are changes to the Constitution in accordance with decentralization, it should all be there, I agree with this. But the changes to the Constitution that they want are impossible today.
And transferring the border to the Ukrainian authorities after the elections is wrong, we cannot ensure safe elections there, none of the observers will come. Who will come to that part and hold elections if there are armed people there? Everyone understands this. But we are walking through Minsk. There is such a thing - Minsk needs to be a little more flexible. Time has passed, you understand? – Zelensky added.
"Minsk needs to be more flexible, you understand?" Zelensky complained to Western journalists.