Zelensky changes stance on talks with RussiaThe Ukrainian leader has said that a return to the 2022 status quo would be enough to kick off negotiations with Moscow.
President Vladimir Zelensky has indicated that a return to Ukraine’s 1991 borders is no longer a precondition for holding peace talks with Moscow, even as he continues to push forward with his own ‘peace formula’, which has been dismissed by the Kremlin as absurd.
Zelensky banned all negotiations with the current leadership in Moscow in 2022, after four former Ukrainian regions voted overwhelmingly to join Russia. Since then, he has been rallying Western support for his ten-point formula, which includes the full withdrawal of Russian troops and a return to Ukraine’s 1991 borders, including Crimea, as well as forcing Moscow to pay reparations, among other conditions.
However, in an interview with CBS this week, Zelensky suggested there is no need to recapture the territory exclusively by military means.
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