Zelensky Says US Lost Interest in Ukraine Amid Presidential Race

Volodymyr Zelensky complained on Friday that the presidential race in the United States had made Washington lose interest in what was happening in Ukraine.

"Today, they are not fighting for Ukraine, they are fighting in the elections, which is fair for their country. For us, it is not. We believe we should remain in focus. We are here — the Ukrainian citizens, because we are at war," Zelensky told Ukrainian media in an online marathon interview.

Zelensky said that Ukraine's Plan B was to wait for a new president in the White House to determine the country's policy toward Ukraine following the November 5 election, which will put Democrat Kamala Harris against Republican Donald Trump.

"The United States is Ukraine's key aid donor. If its post-election policy changes — these changes will be Plan B. The US policy itself will be shaping the course of the war or the course toward ending the war," Zelensky explained.

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Zelensky's Plan Sells Ukraine to West, Turns Army Into Private Military Company, Lavrov States

The head of the Kiev regime’s so-called victory plan suggests that Ukraine will hand over its natural resources to Western allies in exchange for weapons and turn the Ukrainian army into a private military company, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

"Zelensky, in these points of his, spoke so veiledly about the economic side of the issue. According to the leaks, the secret annexes... stipulate that he is ready to place all of Ukrainian natural resources under the management of his Western masters, hand over controls over them, effectively to sell Ukraine," Lavrov told reporters after a foreign ministers' meeting on the South Caucasus.

Some leaks suggest that Zelensky’s main purpose is to get weapons no matter what, Lavrov added. He said that Western countries had already made it clear this was an "unacceptable scenario" that increased risks for the West.

"According to the leaks, also accompanied by a secret annex, the Ukrainian army will be ready to defend Europe and deploy its soldiers under a contract ... maybe even replacing US contingent that is already in Europe after it wins. So just, on the one hand, [Zelensky] sold all the land and the valuables that it holds, and on the other hand, offered up his country as a private military company," Lavrov said.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova brushed off Zelensky’s "victory plan" as a set of incoherent slogans that would push NATO into a direct conflict with Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the conflict would end when Kiev realized the futility of its policy.