security guarantees, are the central points made by Zelensky in his

recent visit to Berlin. Additionally, Zelensky is stressing the need to

show Moscow that it can’t win the war.

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With the upcoming election in the US, there is a race to get support for

a concept of victory and initiate a negotiation for ending the war on

favourable terms for Ukraine. But this is also happening at a time when

Russian forces are making slow but steady progress along the front

lines, and future support for Ukraine is in doubt.

Zelenskyy presented his so-called victory plan to the Ukrainian

parliament last week and aims to seek a just peace to the war with

Russia thanks to military aid and guarantees from its allies. The plan

consists of five main points and three secret annexes.

“Ukraine's victory plan is a blueprint to strengthen our state and

strengthen our positions. To be strong enough to end the war,” Zelenskyy

said, adding: "If we start moving with this concrete plan of victory

now, we may manage to end the war no later than next year.”

The idea is to ensure Ukraine gets iron-clad security guarantees from

allies and becomes well armed to prevent Russia from using any pause in

the fighting to rearm and then attack again. Linked to this discussion

is the urgent request to join NATO, a step that seems to be gaining some

traction in the corridors of power within Brussels. But the inherent

weaknesses and failures of previous initiatives such as the Minsk

Accords and Budapest Memorandums hang over these initiatives like a

geopolitical memento mori, a memorial to optimism and delusion.

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NEWS SOURCES:

https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/special-event/conversation-valerii-zaluzhnyi-ukrainian-ambassador-uk

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/10/16/zelenskyy-unveils-5-point-victory-plan-to-ukrainian-parliament/

https://www.politico.eu/article/volodymyr-zelenskyy-presents-his-victory-plan-to-ukraine-parliament-war-vladimir-putin/

https://www.politico.eu/article/nato-nukes-volodymyr-zelenskyy-war-ukraine-aid-russia/

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Real World News

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https://english.nv.ua/

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/

https://meduza.io/en

https://meduza.io/

https://novayagazeta.eu/

https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia...

Analysis

https://www.ft.com/russia

https://www.economist.com/

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/

https://cepa.org/

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/

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kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and

Przemysl

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Save Ukraine

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Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas

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UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in

Ukraine

https://unbroken.org.ua/

Come Back Alive

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Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen

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Ukrainian Freedom News

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UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy

https://u24.gov.ua/

Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation

https://prytulafoundation.org

NGO “Herojam Slava”

https://heroiamslava.org/

NOR DOG Animal Rescue

https://www.nor-dog.org/home/

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