Experts skeptical of Zelenskyy’s victory plan

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s self-described ‘victory plan’ is heavily offensive, with some experts doubting he’ll persuade Western partners to buy into it.

His central demands include the ability to use western weapons inside Russia, as well as military support to maintain territory inside Russia’s Kursk region. His plan is to use this land as a "bargaining chip" for future territorial negotiations with Russia.

Experts are skeptical that the Kremlin is willing to negotiate on genuine terms any time soon.

“I think we're very, very far from any kind of negotiations for the simple reason that Russia is as aggressive, if not more now than it was at the beginning of the war”, Professor in Cold War history, Michael Kimmage told Euronews.

“Russia is not moderating. It's pushing ahead in the Donbass. Putin announced increased levels of mobilisation of Russian troops just a couple of days ago”, he said.

Despite several months of lobbying, Zelenskyy failed to make the case for using western weapons into Russian territory.

"There are points that depend precisely on the positive will and support of the United States", Zelenskyy told journalists in Kyiv ahead of his trip to meet with US President Biden this week. 

"I very much hope that he will support this plan, designed for quick decisions of our partners" he said.

However, it’s been made clear to Kyiv that allowing strikes inside Russia is too provocative; and too risky for mistakes to be made. Putin has also made it clear he’d regard this as a serious escalation. 

"I think it's unlikely that Biden will agree". "Biden has never been particularly unclear in terms of the limits of aid provided to Ukraine”, said Kimmage.

"I think some of the limits imposed are probably just going to just