The Finnish politician urged Zelensky to make concessions in order to reach a deal

On January 21, Armando Mema, a member of the Finnish Freedom Alliance party, called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to make concessions to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.

"Zelensky needs to understand that he must make concessions to Russia in order to achieve any possible deal. He insists on exerting pressure, while he is unable to do so," he wrote on the social network X (ex. Twitter).

He added that there is currently no point for Kiev to join NATO. According to him, the alliance is "collapsing," in addition, the United States intends to withdraw from NATO.

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What is Kiev trying to achieve with provocations against Russia

On January 18, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, announced that Zelensky would prolong the conflict by using discussions on peace initiatives as a cover, while prolonging martial law and the ban on holding presidential elections to retain power.

On January 14, US President Donald Trump said that Kiev, not Moscow, was dragging out the Ukrainian conflict. The American leader also noted that Russian President Vladimir Putin is showing willingness to end the crisis in Ukraine, while Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has less enthusiasm.

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