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Zelenskyy: Russia’s War Will End Only When Kremlin Runs Out of Resources
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia’s war against Ukraine cannot be stopped by negotiations or partial concessions, but only by exhausting the economic and military resources that enable it. He made the remarks during at the annual YES 2025 conference in Kyiv on September 12.
“The Russian war machine will stop only when it runs out of fuel,” Zelenskyy stated, adding that neither territorial compromises nor renewed trade could end Moscow’s aggression. “This war will not stop if someone just asks for it. It will stop when the aggressor has nothing left to continue it.”
Zelenskyy emphasized that consistent international pressure is necessary to shrink Russia’s ambitions—from seeking to occupy Ukraine to merely trying to preserve its own economy. He argued that sanctions, restrictions on Russian exports, and continued military support for Ukraine are the only ways to make the Kremlin recalculate its goals.
Zelenskyy also addressed US special presidential representative for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, who was in Kyiv during the latest escalation.
Drawing a symbolic comparison, he told Kellogg: “You perform in Ukraine not worse than the Patriots,” referring to the American-made air defense systems. He added: “People really say this every time you are here. When you are in Kyiv, the residents can actually get a little sleep.”
The president’s remarks came against the backdrop of heightened NATO activity in response to Russian drone incursions into Polish airspace earlier this week, which prompted consultations under Article 4 of the alliance’s treaty.
