Zelensky’s ‘victory plan’: Is the war in Ukraine reaching its endgame?

Joanna YORK
·1-min read

The coming weeks could be decisive for the war in Ukraine: As President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for bold action from Western allies to achieve his “victory plan”, former US president Donald Trump has pledged that Washington will “get out” of the conflict if he wins back the White House in November. And Ukrainians face the prospect of another brutal winter at war with diminishing energy resources.

“We are closer to the peace than we think. We are closer to the end of the war," Zelensky told US broadcaster ABC News on Monday. "Decisive action now could hasten the just end of Russian aggression against Ukraine next year."

As Zelensky arrived in Washington on Thursday to present a “victory plan” to outgoing President Joe Biden at the White House, the US pledged a further $7.9 billion in military aid for Ukraine and new long-range munitions.

Russia pre-empted the US response to the plan by making unprecedented changes to its nuclear weapons documents, in what the Kremlin on Thursday described as “a signal” to the West that there will be consequences if Western powers participate in attacks on Russia.

The Ukrainian president’s visit to the US comes at a crucial time in Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainians are also increasingly open to peace negotiations.


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