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25 October 2024

Ukraine’s Victory Plan: Last Chance for West to Reverse Trajectory of Defeat

Vladimir Socor

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy unveiled his eagerly-awaited Victory Plan to his nation from the parliament’s rostrum on October 16. He plans to bring it to a summit of EU heads of state and government in Brussels yesterday, October 17. The word “victory” is meant to sustain the national morale under Russia’s assault. The plan itself should, however, be read by Kyiv’s Western partners in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as an eleventh-hour appeal for action to reverse the looming defeat. The plan’s basic premise is that Ukraine and its Western partners would lose or win this war together.

The plan consists of five chapters, three of which contain secret annexes that are being shared with selected NATO member states. Four chapters address wartime requirements, while the fifth deals with post-war security guarantees to Ukraine (President.gov.ua, October 16).

Chapter One urges NATO to invite Ukraine to commence accession talks immediately. This political gesture “would strengthen not only ourselves but all of us.” NATO would acknowledge that “Ukraine is defending the Euro-Atlantic space” and “show how our partners truly see Ukraine’s place in the security architecture.” This demonstration of resolve would “make the Russian people feel that their Tsar has lost geopolitically.” That said, “We understand that NATO membership is a matter for the future, not the present.”

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