VolodyMyr Zelensky reject offers on the buffer zone for completion

President of Ukrainian Valodimir Zelensky rejected proposals on the buffer zone between the Ukrainian and Russian forces within the framework of the peace deal, claiming that it does not reflect the realities of the modern war.

“Only those who do not understand the technological state of today’s war offer a buffer zone,” he told reporters on Friday.

His comments were held in a report, which believes that European leaders considered the construction of 40 km (25 miles) buffer zone as part of either ceasefire or long -term agreement.

The war in Ukraine has turned into a conflict caused by unmanned technology, and Zelensky suggested every kind of a peculiar buffer zone from the threat of drones close to the front line.

Buffer zones can create demilitarized zones between countries -navals, such as North and South Korea, and physical boundaries such as the Iron Curtain – separated by the Soviet Union and the West after World War II.

In the hall to the report in PoliticoEuropean diplomats said the proposal among military and civil officials was that the land strip in Ukraine was blocked between two forces.

But Zelensky said there was already an area on both sides of the front line, where heavy artillery could not work because of the risk of drones.

“Today, our heavy weapons are located at a distance of more than 10 km apart because everything was hit by drones,” he said.

“This buffer – I call it a” dead zone “, some call it a” gray zone ” – it already exists.”

Any such deal can also mean that Ukraine has abandoned some territory in the zone, which Zelensky also rejected: “If Russia wants to have a great distance from us, they can retreat deeply into the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.”

He added that Russia is not ready for diplomacy, but is looking for ways to postpone the end of the war.

A diplomatic offensive led by the United States to end the full -scale Russia war that lasted more than 40 months seems to lose turn.

Meeting with high shares Last week between US President Donald TrumpZelensky and European leaders expressed their hopes for a possible summit between the Ukrainian leader and Russia Vladimir Putin.

But these hopes look more distant, and the German chancellor Friedrich Merz said that “it was obvious that” there would be no meeting, and Putin “did not want” to take part.

In the early hours of Thursday, Russia fired 629 drones and missiles in Kiev, killed 23 people, in one of the greatest air attacks so far, which caused indignation by European leaders. Two missiles landed near EU offices in Central Kiev.

After the talks in the French city, Toulon, Mertz and France Emmanuel Macron said they would increase the pressure on Russia because Putin shows little interest in ending the war.

Macron said if Putin did not meet Monday to agree with the negotiations, “he will again show that President Putin has played President Trump.”

Merz suggested that the war could last “for many more months”.

EU foreign policy head Kaj Kalas condemned “Russia’s permanent attacks on civilians and civil infrastructure, which are intentional escalation and undermine the peace efforts.”

On Friday, the chief of staff of Zelensky Andrei Yermak discussed us moving peace with a special envoy of Trump Steve Witco, as well as US Secretary of State Mark Rubio and Vice Preident JD Vance.

After the meeting in New Yarmo, Yerma said that while Ukraine welcomes all peace initiatives expressed by the United States, “unfortunately each of them detains Russia.”

European leaders are working to ensure Ukraine’s security guarantees if an agreement with Russia may be agreed.

Kajo Kalas said that the EU Defense Ministers agreed on Friday that they would need “reliably and reliably”, and Zelensky said he expected the negotiations to continue next week on “NATO”, which would provide Ukraine’s defense.

However, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova described the latest Western proposals as “unilateral” and aimed at the maintenance of Russia.

“Security guarantees should be based on the achievements of the general understanding that takes into account the interests of Russia’s security,” she said.