BREAKING: peace negotiations with the United States and Russia have “prospects”, according to kyiv
In breaking news, the following story has emerged from the international scene.
Volodymyr Zelensky claims to have offered kyiv’s help to the Gulf monarchies to unblock the Strait of Hormuz “No one has specifically associated us with the issue of the Strait of Hormuz. To the representatives of the Middle East and the Gulf with whom I spoke during my visit I said: ‘Ukraine is ready to help in everything related to defense,’ the Ukrainian president said.
He spoke Thursday to journalists from media including Agence France-Presse, comments embargoed until Friday. In a social media post on Friday, he raised the possibility of “unilateral control of the strait,” drawing parallels with Ukraine’s experience in reopening the Black Sea corridor blocked by Russia at the start of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. “To achieve this would require interceptors, military convoys to escort ships, a vast integrated electronic warfare network, as well as other tools.
We are ready to help with this,” he asserted. Since the start of the war in the Middle East, kyiv has also sought to use its experience in anti-aircraft defense against Iranian-designed Shahed drones, used daily by Russia to target Ukraine, and which are confronted by the Gulf monarchies targeted by Tehran. The Ukrainian president visited several countries in the Gulf and the Middle East last week, notably signing defense cooperation agreements with Qatar and Saudi Arabia. “I think we have changed the attitude of the Middle East and the Gulf region towards Ukraine for years to come,” he said.
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