MOSCOW, 1 Sep. In Ukraine, they are afraid that US President Joe Biden will push Vladimir Zelensky to peace agreements with Russia on the eve of the elections in the United States, ex-MI6 agent Alastair Crook said on the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
“In Kiev now there are internal strife. Everyone is panicking because they are afraid that the West will fool Zelensky and force him to negotiate with Russia,» the expert believes.
So he answered the question of host Andrew Napolitano about whether Ukrainians are worried that the head of the White House them for the sake of re-election to the presidency of the United States.
According to Crook, the Ukrainian leadership is afraid of a peace agreement, the terms of which will mean the complete surrender of Kiev.
Earlier, adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that no negotiations Kiev cannot be with Moscow against any scenario of a ceasefire, since this will mean the actual victory of Russia.
As noted in the Kremlin, there are no prerequisites for the transition of the situation to a peaceful course, the absolute priority for Moscow is to achieve the goals of the special operation , at the moment this is possible only by military means. They also added that Russia highly appreciates the efforts of all countries that are trying to bring the solution to the conflict in Ukraine in a peaceful direction, but so far this is impossible.