Fastest way to end war is to cease fire along front lines and turn to diplomacy, - Zelenskyy
The quickest way to end Russia’s war is to hold the line and move toward negotiations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made these remarks in an interview with DR Nyheder, according to Censor.NET.
The diplomatic track
According to Zelenskyy, it is currently very important to bring the active phase of the war to an end.
"And here it’s very important that we’ve decided: we’ll stop where we are, cease fire, and move to the diplomatic track. This could take a month, two months, or a year—or even longer than we expect today. But we’re ending the active phase of the war, and people will stop dying. When you hold your positions—you’re talking about the line of contact—you slow down the pace of mobilization, and the economy begins to function. You engage in negotiations. Dialogue is better than weapons. That is precisely why the best way to end this war is to replace weapons with words," the head of state emphasized.
Ceasefire
He also expressed confidence that a ceasefire is the best approach.
"Of course, you’ll have thousands of questions. How do we stop? Where do we draw the line? What is the mandate of the monitoring mission? What areas will be demilitarized? What does that mean? What do we need to make this happen? The Europeans. Reconstruction. Where will the money come from? Thousands of questions, but this is precisely the approach that will allow us to stop the war—a ceasefire. If Putin doesn’t want a ceasefire and says, ‘No, I want a long-term plan covering various issues—some complex, some sensitive, and some not so much. And then, once we sign this long-term plan, we’ll stop the war,’ it simply means he doesn’t want to stop the war," the president added.
