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The thousand seventy -fifth day. Zelensky said that Putin “desperately signals” about readiness for negotiations, but is afraid to speak directly with Ukraine

Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air. In our daily materials, we dwell in detail on several plots that right now affect the course of the war. And we also publish your letters, because we are sure: we need to continue to talk about the war. Please share the opinion of the Russians who voluntarily conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense, and if you have such acquaintances, tell us about them and about their motives. Look for a feedback form at the end of this article. A review of the previous day can be read here .

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The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the Associated Press that the exclusion of his country from the negotiations of the United States and Russia would be “very dangerous” to achieve the world and called for additional discussions between Kiev and Washington to develop a ceasefire plan.

“I am sure that the negotiations of America and Russia about Ukraine without Ukraine are very dangerous,” Zelensky said. In his opinion, US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin “can have their own relations,” but speaking without Kyiv “dangerous for everyone”.

According to Zelensky, Putin can make the loser the rest of the world will feel. “Because you can not defeat Ukraine, but defeat the whole world. Show that he was right, that he was found compromises, and that means that this can be done, ”Zelensky explained.

He added that all European countries would like a conversation between Kyiv and Washington about the speedy end of the war, and Zelensky himself would like to hear in this discussion and Europe, which helped Ukraine a lot. “And I believe that after our conversation with Trump, we must move on to some kind of conversation with the Russians,” Zelensky added.

He later posted in his social networks an excerpt interview and added that Putin was afraid of direct negotiations with Ukraine. “In his opinion, this is his loss, his weakness. Instead, he pushes the old narrative that this is a war between the West and Russia, because it is unbearable to admit that he will lose to Ukraine, ”wrote Zelensky. According to him, Putin “desperately signals what he wants to say,” but not with Ukraine, but with Trump.

Zelensky added that "the matter is not in individuals is a matter of Putin’s position within his own state." “He wants to show that Ukraine is not a sovereign subject fighting with NATO and the West, and why should he talk to Ukraine? In his mind, he fights with America - and believes that he wins, ”Zelensky wrote . He also noted that today Ukraine is “more than ever over these three years of war” close to the world. “We defended our state, our independence, our country. We also suffered huge losses, ”said Zelensky.

Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that the decree signed by Zelensky in early October 2022 was in the negotiations. It approved the decision of the Council of National Security and Defense of Ukraine on the impossibility of negotiations with Vladimir Putin. Zelensky himself already in January 2025 explained that this decision was justified by the need to stop separatism in the country, because Putin "began to very quickly build a large number of different channels along with the separatists, with representatives of other states." “I quickly stopped it. I simply stopped separatism in our state by the fact that I forbade anyone, any political figures in Ukraine to hold certain negotiations with the Russian side, with Putin’s supporters during the war, ”Zelensky said .

Also, in an interview with Associated Press, Zelensky spoke about NATO membership, calling him the most “cheap” option of security guarantees for Ukraine, which will also be beneficial for Trump. “This will be a signal that Russia should decide who should be in NATO and who is not, but decide the United States. I think this is a big victory for Trump, ”he said.

In addition, Zelensky turned to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and invited him to visit the country - in response to words that Ukraine was thrown back 100 years ago. “We allowed people to believe that Ukraine could not only defeat Russia, but also move it to the boundaries of 2012-2014 before the annexation of Crimea. And as a result, in the past year and a half that they asked is to finance a dead end, a protracted dead end situation with the ongoing suffering of people, while Ukraine was discarded 100 years ago, and its energy network was destroyed, ”Rubio said in an interview with journalist Megin Kelly January 31.

According to Zelensky, Rubio needs to come to Ukraine - "first of all, to see what Russia did." “But also to see what the Ukrainian people did, what he was able to do for the security of Ukraine and the world, and just talk to these people,” Zelensky added.

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Alexey (Russia) . I [I have a friend] uncle, a normal man. It is divorced, however, but everything is fine in life: I earned money to his 40+ years, there is a son, the parents are alive, they do not get sick. In the summer of 2022 he reported that he was going to sign a contract. I then asked him for a long time, how and why he made this decision. [His explanations], with long communication, can be reduced to the next thesis: “Everything is, did everything that I planned, I want something new. And when they climbed their fight, you can’t stand aside. ”

He did not have hatred for Ukrainians, as far as I tried to understand. His attitude to participation in the war resembled me a trip to a football match. He approached the preparation thoroughly: he trained with an instructor for six months, bought the best uniforms that could be ordered from China, and left. The connection was kept for nine months, then disappeared under Kremennaya [...].

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