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A whole host of world leaders convened in Kyiv on Monday to mark the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
ADVERTISEMENTVolodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that Ukraine will insist that a tribunal be set up to hold those responsible for the war accountable “even when we go to diplomacy”, as Russia’s full-scale invasion enters its fourth year. “When we speak about just peace, it is difficult to find what is just about this war. We will never forget and we cannot forget. These people will answer,” the Ukrainian President said in response to a question from Euronews. “Of course, we will work on tribunal, even after the hard part of this war, even when we go to diplomacy.”Zelenskyy, speaking in Kyiv alongside several world leaders who made the trip to mark the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, expressed hope that the war could end “this year”.He reiterated that being a member of the EU and the NATO military alliance “will help us very much” in deterring any future Russian attack.Ukraine and Europe have so far been sidelined from talks between Washington and Moscow that started following a phone call between presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin held less than two weeks ago. Comments from Trump that blamed Ukraine for the war instead of Russia, as well as from US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth who said Kyiv’s goal of becoming a NATO ally was “unrealistic” have fuelled fears in Europe that Ukraine could be forced into a deal that would be detrimental to its, and the wider continent’s security.Spooked European leaders have held several meetings to come up with joint positions and security guarantees they could provide Ukraine as part of a peace deal and a special summit is to be held on 6 March on the topic.European Council president Antonio Costa, who convened the extraordinary summit, reiterated on Monday from Kyiv that “only Ukraine can decide their conditions to start effective, credible and sustainable peace negotiations.””All of us welcome the huge effort from President Trump to push Putin to negotiations and I am hopeful. But only Ukraine can decide,” he said. He also called for the appointment of a special envoy that would also represent non-EU European states including the UK and Norway.Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, meanwhile said that the bloc would only relent in rolling out new sanction packages against Russia after Moscow takes “concrete steps” towards peace after Washington suggested Europe would only be brought into the negotiations once the issue of restrictive measures is brought up. EU foreign affairs ministers gathered in Brussels on Monday approved a 16th package of punitive measures.”What we see is that the sanctions already have a massive effect on the Russian economy,” von der Leyen said from Kyiv, citing “skyrocketing inflation” and “spiralling interest rates”.She argued that sanctions are part of the bloc’s “approach that we want peace through strength” and that “it’s much too early” to discuss sanctions relief. This is a developing story. Check back later for updates.
