On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky said that the world would be forced into World War 3 if peace talks between Ukraine and Russia fail, adding that if there is even a “one percent chance” of stopping the war, then the two countries should take it.
Zelensky told CNN, “I think that we have to use any format, any chance in order to have a possibility of negotiating, possibility of talking to Putin. But if these attempts fail, that would mean that this is a third World War.”
“I am ready for negotiations with him. I was ready over the last two years, and I think that without negotiations, we cannot end this war,” Zelensky added.
“There are compromises for which we cannot be ready as an independent state. Any compromises related to our territorial integrity and our sovereignty and the Ukrainian people have spoken about it — they have not greeted Russian soldiers with a bunch of flowers, they have greeted them with bravery, they have greeted them with weapons in their hands,” he continued.
Zelensky added that he would still like his country to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), if Western countries would be willing to accept Ukraine.
“I’d like to receive security guarantees for my country, for my people. If NATO members are ready to see us in the alliance, then do it immediately. Because people are dying on a daily basis,” the Ukrainian president said.
