Victory Plan envisions deployment of non-nuclear strategic deterrence package in Ukraine – President

Ukraine proposes to host a comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package on its territory, which will be sufficient to protect against any military threat from Russia.

This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky during his speech in the Verkhovna Rada, presenting the Victory Plan, as reported by a Ukrinform correspondent.

“Ukraine proposes to deploy a comprehensive non-nuclear strategic deterrence package on its land, which will be sufficient to defend Ukraine against any military threat from Russia and which will narrow the variability of Russia's actions to two prospects: either to join an honest diplomatic process for a fair conclusion of the war or to guaranteedly lose the ability to continue its aggressive war due to the implementation of the deterrence package provided to Ukraine according to the defined military objectives,” Zelensky declared.

The President noted that there is a secret annex to this point.

As the head of state emphasized, it has already been received by the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Germany. Other countries that can give meaning to this well-known concept of deterrence for Ukraine will also receive it.

The President stressed that the deterrence package means “the fact that Russia either goes into diplomacy or faces the loss of its war machine.”

According to Zelensky, this point can be ensured, in particular, through funding within the framework of already concluded security agreements with partners and defined volumes of financial support.

As reported, today in the Verkhovna Rada, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has presented Ukraine’s Victory Plan.