Zelensky Would Resign for Ukraine NATO Membership or for Peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would resign if it meant an end to the war with Russia or if NATO accepted Ukraine.
Zelensky told the press: “If (it guarantees) peace for Ukraine, if you really need me to resign, I am ready. I can exchange it for NATO.”
Ukraine has been under martial law since 2022. The country’s constitution does not allow elections during this time.
Zelensky is already one year over his allotted time as president.
Zelensky also pushed back against President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the country pay America back the $100 billion it has sent Ukraine since 2022.
“We agreed with Biden that this was a grant,” stressed Zelensky, according to Fox News. “A grant is not a debt.”
Trump’s administration has made it known that Ukraine cannot join NATO because Russia would not agree to it.
Europe knows this, too, because if it could happen, then NATO would have brought in Ukraine years ago.
Trump has said he is close to a new mineral deal with Ukraine worth $350 billion. It includes giving America “access to hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of Ukraine’s rare-earth minerals as payback for past military aid, with no guarantee of future aid.”
But Zelensky said “he would not sign a deal that would cost Ukraine for decades.” More from Fox News:
Under the first draft of the mineral deal, the U.S. and Ukraine would split the profits of its minerals 50-50 for up to $500 billion.The second draft of the deal, obtained by the New York Times, was even harsher – and would have required Kyiv to give up its minerals, oil and gas revenues and earnings from ports and other infrastructure until reaching $500 billion.Zelenskyy said he would not recognize Trump’s $500 billion figure, as the assistance Ukraine had received from the U.S. was closer to $100 billion.
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