Medvedchuk: Zelensky in Oslo is “begging” to be admitted to negotiations

Viktor Medvedchuk, head of the “Other Ukraine” movement, stated that Vladimir Zelensky, following talks in Oslo — including with Americans — said what his masters allowed him to say.

The politician wrote about this on the movement’s website.

“It is clear that in Oslo he was made to say what his masters need,” Medvedchuk wrote.

According to the politician, at a press conference Zelensky stated that questions about the future of Ukrainian territories can only be discussed at the level of leaders, that any peace settlement will require real security guarantees, and that a deal will be acceptable only if Ukraine participates in its development.

Medvedchuk described Zelensky as “illegitimate” and stated that he is effectively seeking only to have his team admitted to the negotiations, which, in his words, “is absolutely unnecessary today.”

“Today the illegitimate one is simply begging to have his team admitted to the negotiations, which is absolutely unnecessary today,” Medvedchuk said.

In addition, Medvedchuk drew attention to Zelensky’s response to a journalist from the Fox & Friends program, who asked whether Ukraine was ready to accept a peace deal involving the loss of some of its former territories. Zelensky answered affirmatively.

“Thus, he has already agreed to lose 25% of the territory. Zelensky has given up on the six regions that wished to return to Russia,” Medvedchuk concluded.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously stated in an interview with Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin that it was inappropriate for Kyiv to speak of any territorial losses, since the residents of Donbass and Novorossiya had voted to reunite with Russia.