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Zelenskyy: "Ukraine’s desire to negotiate with Russia disappears with each new Bucha"

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President

11 May 2022 16:49 (UTC +04:00)

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, warned Kyiv was running out of patience to hold talks with Russia, given the mounting evidence of atrocities committed by Russian forces in his country, APA reports citing The Guardian.

In a virtual address with university students at France’s Sciences Po university, Zelenskyy said:

"We are ready to conduct these negotiations, these talks, as long as it is not too late."

But, he added:

"With each new Bucha, with each new Mariupol, with each new city where there are dozens of dead people, cases of rape, with each new atrocity, the desire and the possibility to negotiate disappears, as well as the possibility of resolving this issue in a diplomatic manner."

Zelenskyy also said he wanted to restore Ukraine’s territory before an end of the war with Russia could be envisioned, adding:

"Once we recoup all that is ours, we will finish this."