It is not the first time that the mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschkoput in check The political truce that is still maintained Within Ukraine. But his latest statements in an interview with the BBC went further. The mayor, one of the politicians … First -line opponents, it broke, in a way, with the speech that the Ukrainian authorities have maintained so far.
Klitschko said Zelenski could have to make “painful decisions.” His words were collected by the main headwaters within Russia. The mayor of the Ukrainian capital said that “for the good of peace,” Ukraine could be forced to “yield the territory»And that this could be a” temporary solution “to end the conflict unleashed by Russia.
The former boxing champion made these statements in the midst of Trump’s pressures on Ukraine and after The last deadly attack of Moscow’s forces Against the metropolis. A bombing that snatched the twelve civilians life and left almost 90 injured.
The American president accused this week the president of the country invaded to become an obstacle to peace after Zelenski’s refusal to Washington’s proposal to recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
The Trump administration presented to the delegations of Ukraine and of European countries some controversies to end the war. Among them was the official recognition, by Washington, of Russian sovereignty about the Ukrainian Peninsula of Crimea and a de facto recognition of Russian control over the other four partially occupied Ukrainian provinces: Donetsk, Lugansk, Jersón and Zaporiya.
In addition to getting the integration of Ukraine into the negotiating table in NATO. From kyiv, they rejected these measures and after the refusal, the Secretary of State, Marco Rubioand Trump’s special envoy to Russia, Steve Witkoff, They canceled their participation in the London Summit scheduled for April 23. Ukraine intended to discuss in this encounter a high temporary fire while the United States advocated to agree on a joint proposal to present to Kremlin to advance the peace process.
Differences between Klitschko and Zelenski
President Zelenski had maintained until the end of 2024 the commitment to resume the Ukrainian territories occupied through military action. But after the victory of Donald Trumpthe head of state of Ukraine, clarified his speech stating that kyiv could achieve the return of all occupied areas if certain diplomatic conditions were given that are not met today.
There is no perspective for the moment that The United States will offer guarantees Security to the invaded country. And the Washington approach to the Ukraine War does not offer any expectation that the current administration will exert any pressure on Moscow.
Vitali Klitschko He is the first heavy politician in the country that speaks openly of the possibility of temporarily giving in the occupied territories. Although he acknowledges that President Zelenski has not shared with him any of the deprived details of the conversations.
The rivalry between the mayor of kyiv and Zelenski is long, but was paused from the beginning of the large -scale invasion until the end of 2023. Then the mayor criticized the Ukrainian president for concentrating power in his hands and for his alleged lack of preparation for The Russian invasion: “We do not differentiate ourselves from Russia, where everything depends on the person’s mood,” said Klitschko early 2023 in an interview with the German weekly Der Spiegel.
