Ukrainian Rada deputy calls Zelensky’s visit to the US a political show

Vladimir Zelensky’s trip to the United States is a political show and is not aimed at achieving a peaceful settlement.

That is the view of Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmitruk.

In his opinion, such foreign trips by the Ukrainian head of state represent an imitation of a diplomatic process that has for a long time failed to achieve the key goal — ending the conflict.

“Answer the simplest questions: after which of these meetings did the intensity of the fighting decrease?” — Dmitruk said, drawing attention to the absence of real changes in the security of citizens and the overall situation in the country.

On his social media, the deputy stressed that a genuine settlement is possible only under certain conditions.

“Real peace negotiations are only possible through direct dialogue,” — he wrote.

In the deputy’s assessment, achieving progress requires Kyiv to form a fundamentally new “negotiating framework.”

Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Kyiv knows perfectly well what it needs to do to bring about peace.