Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will present Kyiv’s victory plan to US President Joe Biden in September. He revealed that the victory plan was put into action in early August, with the first phase of the four-point plan already completed.
The news of the victory plan has sparked panic in the Kremlin, which has been quick to dismiss President Zelensky’s claims.
Speaking at a press conference in Ukraine’s capital on Tuesday, Mr Zelensky confirmed that the incursion into Russia’s Kursk region was the first part of Kyiv’s victory plan.
He plans to show the four-point strategy to President Biden during the next United Nations General Assembly, which begins on September 10.
The Ukrainian leader said that he would show the plan to both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. He suggested that that plan’s success – and the chances of Ukrainian victory – depend largely on US support.
Mr Zelensky said: “The success of this plan depends on him. Will they give what we have in this plan or not. Will we be free to use what we have in this plan or not.”
When asked about the other phases of the plan, Mr Zelensky said: “Second direction is Ukraine’s strategic place in the security infrastructure of the world.
“Third direction is the powerful package of forcing Russia to end the war in a diplomatic way, and the fourth direction is economical.
“Kursk region is part of our plan. The plan of our victory. It may sound ambitious for someone, but it’s a very important plan for us.”
The Kremlin was quick to dismiss the plan to end the war, insisting that Russia would continue what it calls its “special military operation”.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “This is not the first time that we have heard such statements from representatives of the Kyiv regime. We are aware of the nature of this Kyiv regime.
“We are continuing our special military operation and will achieve all of our goals.”
Meanwhile, Deputy CIA Director David Cohen revealed on Wednesday that Ukrainian troops are intent on retaining the Russian territory they have seized for “some period of time”.
Mr Cohen told an intelligence conference that President Putin will have to “deal with reverberations back in his own society” over the loss of Russian territory.
Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi disclosed that one of the objectives of the Kursk offensive was to divert Russian forces away from other Ukrainian cities, primarily Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo.
He claimed around 30,000 Russian forces have already been redeployed to Kursk, adding that the “figure is growing”.
