Translating from an Aug 9 statement by Zelensky in the Obozrevatel:
"Ukraine and all partners equally perceive the need for a ceasefire, an end to the killings. Only one subject opposes this - Putin. His only card in hand is the ability to kill, and he is trying to sell the end of deaths at the highest possible price. It is important that this does not deceive anyone. What is needed is not a pause in killings, but a real, long-term peace...
Putin's tactics are clearly visible to everyone. He is afraid of sanctions and is doing everything to get rid of them. He wants to exchange a pause in the war, in the killings for the legalization of the occupation of our land - he wants to get territorial spoils for the second time. He was allowed to take Crimea, and this led to the occupation of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. He did not receive preventive punishment when he gathered a contingent on our borders. This led to a full-scale war and the occupation of more parts of Ukraine. Now Putin wants to be forgiven for the seizure of the south of our Kherson region, Zaporozhye, the entire territory of Luhansk, Donetsk, Crimea. We will not allow Russia to make this second attempt to divide Ukraine. Knowing Russia - where there is a second, there is a third. Therefore, we stand firm, on clear Ukrainian positions..."
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