Notes and Essays -- John Brown

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made an urgent plea in Brussels, though it’s unclear to what extent the officials gathered there will go along with it. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told the gathering in Brussels that Russia would “resort to diplomacy” only “when it sees that it cannot achieve anything by force.” Credit... Olivier Hoslet/EPA, via Shutterstock    By  Jenny Gross  and  Constant Méheut Jenny Gross reported from Brussels and Constant Méheut from Kyiv, Ukraine.   The New York Times ,   Oct. 17, 2024 Updated  1:44 p.m. ET  President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine told leaders of the European Union’s 27 member states in Brussels on Thursday that his country desperately needed their support for his plan to end the war, which he maintains could happen no later than next year, but which it is unclear how much Ukraine’s allies will embrace. Mr. Zelensky made the impassioned plea on his latest trip abroad as he tries to attract sustained international support for

BBC 1 day ago [no date provided] James Waterhouse, BBC Ukraine correspondent; Kyiv Laura Gozzi, BBC News Ukrainian Presidential Office Volodymyr Zelensky stressed that "Russia must lose the war against Ukraine" Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has presented MPs with a long-awaited "victory plan" that aims to strengthen his country's position enough to end the war with Russia. Zelensky told parliament in Kyiv the plan could finish the war - which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - next year. Key elements include a formal invitation to join Nato, the lifting by allies of bans on long-range strikes with Western-supplied weapons deep into Russia, a refusal to trade Ukraine’s territories and sovereignty, and the continuation of the incursion into Russia's western Kursk region. The Kremlin dismissed the plan with a spokesman saying Kyiv needed to "sober up". Addres sing MPs on Wednesday, Zelensky also critic