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President Zelenskyy tells YES conference: Russian war machine will only stop when it runs out of fuel

AnyFans 2025-09-24

By Business Ukraine Magazine

International leaders joined their Ukrainian counterparts at the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Kyiv on 12-13 September for the 21st annual meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference in partnership with the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. This year’s event focused on potential pathways toward a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. Speakers included US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

In his keynote address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged world leaders to put more pressure on Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. “Some may think that territorial swaps or attempts to entice Putin with the resumption of trade with the US can stop this war. This is not the case. The Russian war machine will only stop when it runs out of fuel,” commented Zelenskyy. “Really strong pressure is needed so that instead of pursuing the goal of occupying Ukraine or any other country, Putin has to pursue the goal of preserving his own economy and his regime.”