The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted that those who came up with the Budapest Memorandum should be sent to prison.
Following the illegal occupation of the Crimea and Donbas officials in Kyiv sent three letter over several years and diplomats in the West “didn’t give a f**k.”
President Zelensky said, “We were under pressure of the U.S. and Russia for Ukraine to give them [nuclear weapons] up. These two powers were exerting pressure.
“These two states negotiated to ensure that Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons. Ukraine agreed … Now we just need to find these people, and we just need to put in jail all of those who frankly invented all this.”
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Following the illegal occupation of Crimea and the Donbas, Kyiv sent over a period of time three letters to all members of the Budapest Memorandum over the violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and some guarantors did not give a damn about Ukraine.
He said, “Everyone should be in consultation. Everyone must come. Everyone must meet urgently, USA, Britain, Russia, France, China. Did anyone come, you ask? No. Did anyone reply to these letters, official letters?
“They are all recorded by diplomats. Did anyone conduct consultations? No, and why not? They didn’t give a fuck.”
In an interview with Lex Fridman, published on the YouTube channel of the President’s Office of Ukraine on Sunday, Zelensky said that he will not be controlled by anyone.
He said, “I am an ambitious person. I can’t submit to anyone. I can live by rules, by laws. I believe that this is the only thing that can control any person today.
“These are the rules and laws of the society or state where you live. And I believe that this is the most important thing. There’s no person who could control me as I once told President Trump when we had a meeting.”
He added, “I think this is the answer regarding the influence. Would they like to influence me in the same way as any president of Ukraine because finance and cash flows always influence politics? Well, at least they want to do this.”
