Polish Foreign Minister believes that Zelenskyy must be given means to change Putin’s calculations

Radosłav Sikorski. Photo: Getty Images

Polish Foreign Minister Radosłav Sikorski is convinced that the West must continue to support Kyiv in order for Ukraine to win the war.

Source: Sikorski in an interview with MSNBC, quoted by the Polish news agency PAP, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Asked about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Victory Plan, which he is expected to present this week at meetings with President Joe Biden and presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Sikorski said he did not want to speculate on what the plan contains.

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But he said the key to victory is to provide Kyiv with more financial assistance to support its own defence industry.

“We have to give President Zelenskyy the means to change Putin’s calculations, and the means to do that are financial. Ukraine has its own defence industry, which lacks resources, which has some spare capacity, and a few billion dollars could help them a lot to make Putin understand that he cannot win,” Sikorski said.

He added that the solution to the war would be for the both countries to withdraw their troops beyond their internationally recognised borders.

Sikorski also said that the war will only end when Putin decides that the invasion was a mistake and that he will not achieve his goals at an acceptable cost.

“He hasn’t come to that point yet, but his economy and his ability to send hundreds of thousands of Russians to their deaths are not unlimited… If we don’t stop there, this war can be ended by restoring international law and restoring international borders,” the minister said.

Background:

• Earlier, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the US side had already seen Zelenskyy’s Victory Plan; the State Department was familiarised with the plan as well. 
• Bloomberg reported that the Victory Plan includes an invitation for Ukraine to join NATO and a commitment from the United States to provide constant supplies of modern weapons.
• The Ukrainian president further noted that the Victory Plan is designed for decisions to be made between October and December 2024.

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