Zelensky willing to make peace with Russia quickly and "under Trump's leadership"

 Moscow. After US President Donald Trump halted  arms  supplies to Ukraine, but before the White House resident spoke before Congress about his efforts to halt the war between Moscow and Kyiv, among other issues, his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, posted a message on social media yesterday seeking to demonstrate his intention to achieve peace  as soon as possible and under President Trump's firm leadership .

The Ukrainian leader begins with a paragraph in line with Trump's rhetoric:  None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to sit at the negotiating table to bring the long-awaited peace closer. No one wants peace more than the Ukrainians. My team and I are willing to work under President Trump's strong leadership to achieve a lasting peace. We are ready to work quickly to end the war .

And he proposes as a first step – part of the plan that Ukraine is agreeing with the group of countries led by Great Britain and France –  the release of all prisoners of war, the establishment of an immediate ceasefire in the skies: a ban on missiles, long-range drones, bombing of energy and other civilian infrastructure, as well as the cessation of hostilities at sea without delay, if Russia does the same .

Then, Zelensky says in another gesture towards Trump,  we want to move quickly through the next stages (of a possible understanding) and together with the United States define a solid final agreement .

The Ukrainian president then offered words that could be interpreted as an apology, and in any case, Trump couldn't help but like them: "  Our meeting in Washington, at the White House, last Friday, did not go as planned. It's regrettable that it happened this way. It's time to put everything right. We would like our cooperation and communication to be constructive . "

And Zelensky concludes with a real gift to the American leader: "  As for the agreement on natural resources and security, Ukraine is ready to sign it at any time and in any convenient format. We consider this pact a step toward strengthening (Ukrainian) security and a firm guarantee of it, and I sincerely trust that it (the mere presence of Americans in Ukraine will serve as a kind of security guarantee) will work effectively . "

Zelensky's change of heart, who until Monday evening (Ukrainian time) was convinced that he had done nothing wrong in Washington, came about for reasons as pragmatic as the pressure exerted by his American counterpart.