Zelensky announced the possible end of the conflict in Ukraine in 2023

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky suggested that the conflict in the country could end in 2023. He made this statement in a vio-appeal to the Politico newspaper. The entry was published on the publication’s website.

“I believe that the Ukrainians will be the most influential next year, but in peacetime,” he said.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin the day before, on December 7, during an online meeting with members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) informedthat the special operation could become a “long process”.

The special operation in Ukraine began on February 24. It was preceded by Russia’s recognition of the independence of the DPR and LPR proclaimed in the spring of 2014 on February 22 and their subsequent appeal to Russia for military assistance “on the basis of articles 3 and 4 of the treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between the Russian Federation and the republics.”

Putin called the goals of the special operation the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. During the special operation, Russian troops took control of the LPR, as well as most of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Subsequently, these territories became part of Russia, and on October 19 martial law was introduced in the regions.

The day before, December 7, Putin remindedthat the conflict in Ukraine was not provoked by Russia, but by those who came to power in Kyiv after the 2014 coup d’état.

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