{"id":95979,"date":"2024-09-25T05:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T05:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/09\/25\/zelensky-looks-to-biden-to-back-ukraine-victory-plan-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T05:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T05:03:23","slug":"zelensky-looks-to-biden-to-back-ukraine-victory-plan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/zelensky-looks-to-biden-to-back-ukraine-victory-plan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky looks to Biden to back Ukraine \u2018Victory plan\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As Ukraine\u2019s Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to reveal a \u201cVictory plan\u201d to President Joe Biden on Thursday, Kyiv is looking to the US leader for a strong show of support before he leaves the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A senior official in Kyiv said they wanted him to \u201cmake history\u201d in his final months in office.<\/p>\n

While details of the Ukrainian plan have been kept under wraps, the strategy is likely to contain pleas for further military and financial support, plus future security guarantees.<\/p>\n

Zelensky says it is designed to be a \u201cbridge\u201d towards stopping the war, which he believes could end sooner than people think.<\/p>\n

If the West strengthens Ukraine\u2019s position, he believes Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin could be pushed into a diplomatic peace.<\/p>\n

Ever sharp at public relations, Ukraine\u2019s president is also aiming to take on critics in the US who have questioned the wisdom of pouring further money into Ukraine\u2019s cause \u2013 by promoting an apparent blueprint for eventual peace.<\/p>\n

Zelensky is throwing a huge diplomatic effort behind his victory plan.<\/p>\n

He is almost camped out at the United Nations. He spoke on Monday at a debate about how the UN should be reformed. He addressed the Security Council on Tuesday. And he is giving a speech to the General Assembly on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

In between, he is meeting world leaders and US politicians. He visited an ammunition factory in Scranton, Joe Biden\u2019s hometown in Pennsylvania, one that is making shells for Ukrainian artillery batteries.<\/p>\n

And he is explicit that he considers time is short. In one of his many media interviews, Zelensky told the New Yorker that the victory plan had to be agreed \u2013 and Ukraine strengthened \u2013 in October, November and December.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis plan is designed, first and foremost, with Biden\u2019s support in mind,\u201d he told the magazine. That support is by no means guaranteed but Zelensky is staking much on securing it.<\/p>\n

That is because the situation will change significantly if Donald Trump were to win the election. At a campaign rally on Monday, the former president mocked Zelensky as \u201cthe greatest salesman in history\u201d because \u201cevery time he comes into this country, he walks away with $60bn\u201d.<\/p>\n

Trump restated his position that he would urge Russia and Ukraine to agree a deal to end the war, one that Kyiv fears would force them to accept territorial losses and no guarantee against further Russian aggression.<\/p>\n

It is the fear of such a scenario that is pushing the diplomatic drive behind Zelensky\u2019s victory plan this week. Some diplomats are sceptical the plan would succeed in nudging Russia towards a negotiating table. Much depends now on Biden\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

Congressional lawmakers will be handed the plan as will Trump and his presidential rival Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n

Trump has claimed he would end the war within 24 hours, leading to fears the Republican nominee would essentially force Kyiv into making territorial concessions against its will.<\/p>\n

As the US elections loom, it\u2019s a crucial moment for Zelensky as Moscow\u2019s troops continue to press gains, inch by inch, in Ukraine\u2019s east.<\/p>\n

A top priority in the so-called victory plan will be to \u201chit Russia strongly\u201d, believes one military analyst \u2013 Mykhailo Samus, director of the New Geopolitics Research Network.<\/p>\n

Giving Kyiv the ability to destroy military infrastructure within a 300km range could seriously hamper the Kremlin\u2019s offensive operations in the Donbas and its ability to \u201cneutralise\u201d Ukraine\u2019s ongoing incursion in Russia\u2019s Kursk region, says Mr Samus.<\/p>\n

This would mean securing permission, so far denied, to use Western-made long-range missiles on targets deep inside Russia.<\/p>\n

While Ukraine has successfully been deploying attack drones against Russian ammunition dumps, missiles can penetrate more heavily fortified munition sites.<\/p>\n

The plan will also see Kyiv ask for more of these kinds of missiles, believes Olga Rudenko, editor in chief of the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n

Further financial support and capitalising on Ukraine\u2019s surprise cross-border push into Russia\u2019s Kursk region are also expected to form core elements within the strategy.<\/p>\n

As for Ukraine\u2019s future security guarantees, Ukraine\u2019s aspirations towards joining the Nato defensive military alliance clearly remain.<\/p>\n

\u201cUkraine\u2019s invitation to Nato is part of the victory plan,\u201d confirmed Andriy Yermak, head of the presidential office.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As Ukraine\u2019s Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to reveal a \u201cVictory plan\u201d to President Joe Biden on Thursday, Kyiv is looking to the US leader for a strong show of support before he leaves the White House. A senior official in Kyiv said they wanted him to \u201cmake history\u201d in his final months in office. While details […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}