Zelensky assures that the war could be “much shorter” if sanctions against Russia were increased

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MADRID, 16 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky assured this Friday that the war could be much shorter than some governments and the media predict if “peace is accelerated” by increasing sanctions against Russia and supplying Ukraine with more weapons.

Zelensky has argued that in order to determine an early end to the war, it is necessary for the Ukrainian Army to be stronger thanks to greater arms support, for “the democratic world” to carry out an oil embargo on Russia, as well as a total blockade of its sector banking. “These are necessary steps towards peace, so the war will end sooner,” the Ukrainian president assured in his daily message to citizens.

“I’m sure you regularly see in the media, Ukrainian and Western, reports about how long this war may last. Some say a few weeks. Others say several years. Some say the war will last until the end of this year,” he said. expressed the president, who has claimed to have more information than the media about the intentions and capabilities of the Russian Army.

“If someone says a year or years, I answer that the war can be made much shorter. The more and sooner we get all the weapons we have asked for, the stronger our position will be and the sooner peace will be. The more and sooner we get the financial support we have asked for, the sooner there will be peace. The sooner the democratic world recognizes the oil embargo on Russia and the total blockade of its banking sector, the sooner the war will end,” Zelensky detailed.

Likewise, the Ukrainian president has maintained that in order to forecast the duration of the war “it is necessary” to take into account the potential of Russia’s economy, the emotional state of its society, as well as the effectiveness of the sanctions against the country led by Vladimir Putin.

This message from the Ukrainian president comes after the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has conveyed to his European counterparts that the war in Ukraine could last until the end of 2022.

The suspicion that the war could last so long stems from the belief that the possible major Russian offensive expected in eastern Ukraine could last between four and six months, and then end in a stalemate, according to US officials. to CNN.

And this is because, unless he faces a military defeat, it is not contemplated that Putin will give his arm to twist. This idea of ​​a long war contrasts with the predictions that were made during the first days when the Russian president launched a blitzkrieg in which he intended to take kyiv as soon as possible.

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