Zelensky preps for crucial US talks amid growing war pressures

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky traveled to the USA five weeks before the presidential elections there, preparing for possible peace negotiations with Russia, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reported.

After two and a half years of conflict with the Kremlin, Ukraine is reaching the limits of its capabilities, facing winter with severe restrictions on electricity supplies due to Russian strategic bombings, noted the newspaper.

The newspaper emphasized that in addition to the growing losses, external pressure to start negotiations, during which Kyiv may be forced into "painful concessions", is also increasing.

In view of this, Zelensky decided to travel to the USA to "prepare for the worst," i.e., Donald Trump's re-election as president. In the event of a victory by the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, Kyiv "hopes for the quickest possible end to the war," predicted "El Pais".

The war, which has reached a deadlock on the battlefield, has reached a point that is also the most dangerous. The future of Ukraine and Europe as a whole will be uncertain if its allies simply succumb to the aggressor's blackmail, warned the Spanish newspaper.

During his stay across the ocean, Zelensky participated in, among other things, the UN General Assembly session, met with the US presidential candidates, and presented his "victory plan" in talks with the American authorities.

According to El Pais, the President of Ukraine is well aware of the specifics of negotiations, in which each side must make concessions, but he will not be able to relinquish his country's security and sovereignty.