Opposition leader to support Zelensky if he takes steps to bring peace to Donbass
According to Chairman of Opposition Platform - For Life’ Viktor Medvedchuk, this is the only condition on which the party is ready to provide assistance to Zelensky if the need arises
MOSCOW, April 22. /TASS/. Ukraine’s ‘Opposition Platform - For Life’ party will support Ukrainian president-elect Vladimir Zelensky only if he takes practical steps to bring peace to Donbass, Chairman of the party’s Political Council Viktor Medvedchuk said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 TV channel on Monday.
"Today, we can’t say that we support him because support is only possible if he truly wants peace in Donbass, if we see that he is taking actual steps to achieve this goal," he said.
According to Medvedchuk, this is the only condition on which the ‘Opposition Platform - For Life’ party is ready to provide assistance to Zelensky if the need arises.
Ukraine’s presidential runoff took place on April 21. With 99.53% of the vote counted, leader of the Servant of the People political party Vladimir Zelensky has received 73.23% in Ukraine’s presidential runoff, while incumbent President Pyotr Poroshenko gained 24.45%.