{"id":835319,"date":"2026-03-19T02:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/835319\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:50:17","slug":"zelensky-sees-peaceful-settlement-of-conflict-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/835319\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky sees peaceful settlement of conflict with Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a joint press conference with Spain’s prime minister at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on March 18, 2026. (PHOTO \/ AFP)<\/p>\n

KYIV\/MOSCOW – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong><\/a> said Tuesday that he sees prospects for a peaceful settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

“I believe that in this war of Russia against Ukraine, there are prospects for a peaceful settlement,” Zelensky said on X.<\/p>\n

He stressed that Ukraine is committed to peace and called for efforts toward a diplomatic resolution.<\/p>\n

“We need to keep looking each day for ways to reach a peace agreement. We need to meet with the Americans. We have a couple more ideas on how we can force this war to end,” Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Zelensky said that a meeting between the delegations of Ukraine, the United States and Russia, initially scheduled for last week, was postponed at the initiative of the United States.<\/p>\n

The delegations previously held two rounds of talks in Abu Dhabi on Jan 23-24 and Feb 4-5, followed by another round in Geneva on Feb 17-18.<\/p>\n

Russia: NATO’s expansion ambition continues<\/strong><\/p>\n

Separately, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the aggression of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is primarily directed against Russia, with its ambitions continuing to expand.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Sputnik radio, Zakharova said NATO’s actions in recent years have increasingly broadened in scope, extending beyond Russia’s western flank to include southern regions and even the Far East.<\/p>\n

She added that NATO is also seeking to extend its influence globally, including into the Asia-Pacific region, through proxy means.<\/p>\n

Zakharova noted that the alliance shows little interest in normalizing relations or stabilizing the situation in the European part of Eurasia. Instead, she said, NATO’s primary objective is to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong>Defense ministry: Russia downs 280 Ukrainian drones, dozens targeting Moscow<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

She noted that previous attempts to establish dialogue mechanisms and reduce risks between Russia and NATO had not been reciprocated by the alliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a joint press conference with Spain’s prime minister at the Moncloa Palace in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7655],"tags":[6178,5293,332,51531,657],"class_list":["post-835319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-russia","tag-conflict","tag-diplomacy","tag-russia","tag-settlement","tag-ukraine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116253571639719170","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}