“It is impossible to help Ukraine with one hand and shake Putin’s hand with the other,” the president said of the West's efforts to help his country without further antagonizing Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an interview with Inquirer Worldview columnist Trudy Rubin inside the presidential palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 24.KYIV, Ukraine — When President Volodymyr Zelensky walked into the high-ceilinged, ornate conference room in the presidential office building, the exhaustion on his face was so stark I almost felt guilty about taking his time.
Ukraine’s head of military intelligence is behind Kyiv’s biggest victories this year. He sees no point in peace talks | Trudy Rubin “But for us,” he continued, growing emotional, “for the people at the front line who lost their brothers at arms, the civilians who lost their relatives, those who fled abroad but have husbands on the front line — for us, victory is a moment of satisfaction.In other words, Zelensky, who still maintains a 60% popularity rating among Ukrainians, must listen to the voices of his people and his soldiers, who won’t accept surrendering one fifth of their land to Russia after all they have suffered.
“We should be in the European Union for economic security. And we should be in NATO for physical security. If we don’t have these two, there is a huge risk for us that the enemy will come back,” he said. Ukraine has been invited to start EU accession talks, but the process is lengthy. His reply was clear. And from what I saw in my two weeks in Ukraine — including a visit to the eastern front line — it makes sense.
Third, Ukraine is already producing advanced drones and racing toward production of advanced missiles. “But we need funding so that we can be more technologically developed than Russia,” Zelensky said. This presents great opportunities for joint production with Western governments or private firms.
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