Ukrainian President Zelenskyy lashed out at JD Vance’s alleged plan to end the war in Ukraine by giving Russia the territory it has seized and warned awarding ‘might is right’ will prompt global war.
In an interview over the weekend with the New Yorker, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced some of his harshest criticisms against any U.S. official since Russia’s war began when pressed about Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance.
Zelenskyy has pointedly toed the line when it comes to the contentious 2024 U.S. presidential election and has spoken to each of President Biden, Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Harris and GOP nominee former President Trump.
But the gloves came off Sunday in an interview with the New York-based publication when Zelenskyy called Vance «radical» and warned that his proposal to bring an end to the war in Ukraine would instead prompt a «global showdown.»
Vance said this month that if elected to the White House, Trump would work with Russia, Ukraine and European leaders to establish a «peaceful settlement» that would grant Moscow the territory it has illegally seized since its 2022 invasion.
Upon Kyiv’s agreement to gift the land to Russia, there would then be the creation of a demilitarized zone along the current front lines, Ukraine would be fortified to deter a third Russian invasion, and Kyiv would agree to give up its plans to join NATO – a proposal that Western security experts have said would be a substantial win for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
«If this were a plan, then America is headed for global conflict», Zelenskyy said. «It would imply that whoever asserts control over territory – not the rightful owner but whoever came in a month or a week ago with a machine gun in hand – is the one who’s in charge.»
The Ukrainian president warned that this attitude would not only be costly for Kyiv and the Ukrainian people, it would jeopardize world order everywhere, including in the Middle East and wherever China threatens Western interests.
