Arnab-Zelenskyy Interview Key Takeaways

As the Russia-Ukraine conflict continues, Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami interviewed the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. Let’s take a look at some takeaways from this no-holds-barred 60 minutes interview with a foreign leader. 

President Zelenskyy made it clear that he was “willing to move on talks before security guarantees were made”. He invited India to be a security guarantor to help end the war.  While offering to hold open, direct and immediate dialogue with Russian President Valdimir Putin, Zelenskyy explicitly stated he can set aside security guarantees for talks. Zelenskyy declared that Ukraine won’t use weapons supplied by the West to attack Russia. This is the first time the country leader has made this unequivocal declaration.  Ukraine's leader says Kyiv will not accept the status quo and insisted on the status quo-ante 24th February 2022.  Slamming the West for not taking concrete steps against Russia and only slapping “half-baked” sanctions, the President even called out the United Nations for not doing enough for Ukraine during the last 8 years. He demanded isolation of Russia.  Zelenskyy ruled out a nuclear threat from Moscow saying this would mean self-inflicting damage and Russia cannot afford a nuclear war.