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Zelensky says if Russia blocks diplomacy, Ukraine will keep defending itself

"If Russia blocks all of this -- and as I said, it depends on our partners -- if our partners do not compel Russia to stop the war, there will be another path: to defend ourselves," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference.

AFP WORLD
Published January 03,2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that if diplomacy to end Russia's war in Ukraine failed, his country would continue to defend itself.

"If Russia blocks all of this -- and as I said, it depends on our partners -- if our partners do not compel Russia to stop the war, there will be another path: to defend ourselves," he said at a press conference.