According to a previous report by the Russian Satellite News Agency, after the NATO summit three days ago, Zelensky was "disheartened". After seeking NATO to block Ukrainian airspace for many consecutive days without success, he asked NATO to send "1% of tanks and aircraft to support Ukraine", but he still remained silent. Some analysts believe that after more than a month of difficult resistance, Zelensky gradually began to realize that it was hopeless to rely on NATO. He asked NATO, "Is it really just because of Moscow's intimidation?" You should know that aiding Ukrainian tanks and fighter jets will not put them in war, which is obviously a trap of a war of attrition.
On the 27th local time, Zelensky's attitude underwent a major change. In his speech, he publicly promised that as part of the peace agreement, Ukraine would remain neutral and compromise on the situation in the eastern region. Zelensky said in Russian: "We are ready for security, neutrality, and the state (keeps) nuclear-free!" This is the condition proposed by Putin before, and this sentence is naturally said to Putin. This is the first time since the beginning of the conflict, Zelensky has made public statements in any unambiguous words and attitudes that he is willing to accept neutral conditions, not just "not joining NATO." The news also made many European and American media say incredible, believing that the conflict may have come to an end.
Zelensky's willingness to negotiate the eastern issue is that "a third party guarantee must be guaranteed to sign a peace agreement", but his basic attitude is still to insist on territorial integrity. In this way, if the peace agreement can be concluded, Ukraine will become the "actual control of Russia, but Ukraine does not recognize it" state. He also made concessions to the status of Russian, promising that “the language and tradition of each nation should be respected”. Combined with the attitude of Foreign Minister Kureba and Zelensky's statement this time, foreign media believe that Ukraine will soon win over other major powers to promote peace talks with Russia. The peace agreement is roughly a multilaterally binding armistice agreement, just like the " Minsk Agreement ".
And his statement also represents the current situation where Ukraine is desperate to not want to fight but does not want to surrender. The biggest victim of the conflict that is happening on Ukraine's land is not someone else. Just the bombed buildings Ukraine needs to pay hundreds of billions of dollars to repair, and the expenses of millions of refugees every day are astronomical. Western aid rarely focuses on the livelihood of Ukraine in China, and most of the aid is weapons and ordnance. Therefore, if the war continues to drag down, Ukraine's finances will face collapse. The United Nations Development Agency also predicts that more than 90% of the Ukrainians will become "abnormal poverty" in this war.
Also worth mentioning is that another status quo that forced Zelensky to make a statement so quickly is that Luhansk Oblast has occupied more than 93% of the land. The leaders of the region announced that they would hold a referendum to Russia in the near future, which is basically no longer able to be preserved. Another Donetsk Prefecture currently has about 45% of the land in Ukraine, and if peace talks can be promptly facilitated, there may be a turning point (although Putin announced that the state border would be the territory of the "Donetsk Republic"). Various unfavorable conditions, especially NATO's attitude, made Zelensky finally "awakened".
