Volodymyr Zelensky’s Ukrainian “victory plan” is on the agenda of the NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, with Kiev calling for increased and sustained support from the West.

Although no documents have been made public and some aspects of the “victory plan” have been characterized as classified, Zelensky unveiled the outline of his plan yesterday Wednesday to the Ukrainian parliament after more than 2.5 years of devastating war in his country. 

Here are the five main axes of this plan:

• Zelensky urged his Western allies to invite Kiev to join NATO, a key element of the Ukrainian president’s “victory plan” to end Russia’s invasion of the country.
• The second point mentioned by the Ukrainian president is a set of measures concerning the front, which today stretches from south-east to north-east Ukraine and the Kursk region of Russia. With a bigger army, more weapons, and not counting casualties, Russia has been gaining the upper hand for a year now and is taking more and more territory. A very important measure is to continue the operations of the Ukrainian forces on Russian territory, such as the August 6 surprise attack in the Kursk region.
• Zelensky also again called on his partners to lift restrictions on the use of long-range weapons on all Russian-held Ukrainian territory and on Russian territory and to continue Western aid to train and equip Ukrainian reserve brigade armed forces, as well as providing real-time satellite data. He also asked his Western allies to deploy non-nuclear deterrents in Ukraine. This point is detailed in a “confidential annex,” which was introduced in the US, Britain, France, Italy, and Germany.

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• The fourth point of the plan concerns the economic development of Ukraine. Either being minerals or agricultural products, Zelensky praised the resources available on Ukrainian soil, noting that they could constitute a “multi-billion dollar” manna from heaven, open to Ukraine’s allies in the future. It also provided for a special agreement on the joint protection of Ukraine’s critical resources, as well as their joint exploitation with allies. And at this point there is also a “confidential annex.”
• The fifth and last point concerns the post-war period. For this, the Ukrainian president plans to “replace certain military units” of the US in Europe “with Ukrainian units,” which will have rich experience against Russia.

After unveiling his plan, the Kremlin accused the Ukrainian president of trying to push NATO member states into direct conflict with Moscow.

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