Regrets. Volodymyr Zelensky has a few. And not too few to mention. After a couple of days of using the My Way playbook, Zelensky has offered Donald Trump an olive branch — and an offer to deal more rationally to secure an end to the three-year stalemate.
And it was a very public olive branch, as David noted in an update to his earlier post:
I would like to reiterate Ukraine’s commitment to peace.
None of us wants an endless war. Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than Ukrainians. My team and I stand ready to work under…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 4, 2025
Why so public? Why not just communicate this via diplomatic channels? First, Trump made it very clear that Zelensky would have to apologize publicly to him…