The exchange of words does not bode well for the future of Ukraine, in the event that Donald Trump is elected President of the United States on November 5. While Volodymyr Zelensky was due to present his “plan for victory” to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, he hoped to do the same with the Republican candidate. Without certainty, because of the billionaire's latest sally: “We continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal, Zelensky”denounced the Republican presidential candidate during a campaign rally on Wednesday. “Every time he came to our country, he left with $60 billion. [53 milliards d’euros]I think he is the best salesman on the planet,” the former president joked in North Carolina.
According to the American press, Donald Trump, who promises to find a solution to the war in Ukraine within twenty-four hours, did not appreciate the Ukrainian president stating to the magazine New YorkerSundaythat the Republican candidate “doesn't really know how to stop this war”.
In the midst of an escalation between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Volodymyr Zelensky has nevertheless been working hard in recent days in the United States, as well as at the United Nations General Assembly, to capture the attention of his interlocutors and broaden the circle of his country's supporters. On Sunday, he visited an arms factory in Pennsylvania, a swing state in electoral terms, led by Democrats, also attracting the wrath of Republicans, who are keen to limit US aid to kyiv.
“Ukrainians will never accept” a possible peace agreement with Moscow which would be theirs “imposed”warned the Ukrainian head of state on Wednesday in a speech applauded at the UN podium. “Russia can only be forced into peace and that is exactly what must be done”he had said the day before, during a meeting of the Security Council, devoted to his country. This is also the objective of the “plan for victory” that Mr. Zelensky was to detail on Thursday. Concocted in recent weeks in the greatest secrecy in kyiv, this project seeks to remobilize the West, led by the United States, in its military and economic support for the Ukrainian war effort. During a one-on-one meeting, Joe Biden and Emmanuel Macron discussed the best way to continue support for Ukraine, although its candidacy for NATO continues to cause divergences between the allies.
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Source: Lemonde
