Agreements without real preventive mechanisms to prevent war will not work, so this is a principled position for Ukraine.
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Mikhail Podolyak said that Ukraine will not agree to a temporary truce with Russia, because this is the path to further escalation and war. According to him, it is necessary to create such conditions that will not allow Russia to continue shooting on Ukrainian territory and crossing the border. He added that the temporary truce is to stimulate Russia to further aggressive actions. This was told by Mikhail Podolyak, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Focus.
When asked by a journalist about whether the Russian invasion could end with the signing of «Minsk-3», «Budapest-2» or «Istanbul-1» The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office replied that Ukraine would not agree to such a format for signing documents, this is a principled position.
According to him, agreements without real preventive mechanisms to prevent war will not work. He added that Volodymyr Zelensky understands the risks of unfinished business and sees a prospect for decades.
Peace talks between the delegations of Ukraine and the Russian Federation
Mikhail Podolyak said that negotiations with Russia are constantly ongoing in an online format. However, after the events in Bucha, the emotional background of communication with the Russian side has changed. According to him, the fundamental provisions of the negotiation process depend on the situation at the front.
Podolyak added that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine provides the most comfortable conditions for negotiations, which allow the Ukrainian side to propose some formulas and strongly insist on their implementation. In addition, a member of the Ukrainian group at the talks with the Russian Federation stated that the date of the next meeting of the two delegations is unknown.
«Give some timeframe, given that the intensity of hostilities is not decreasing, but rather is growing, now it would be wrong» he said.
Recall that on April 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused Ukraine of «undermining» negotiations. He stated that Kyiv allegedly sent a new draft peace agreement to the negotiating group. Moscow does not agree with him. In turn, Mikhail Podolyak called the statements of the Russian diplomat «provocative» and urged the public to focus on the official position of Kyiv.