MOSCOW, September 30. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may not be alive by the time the country’s authorities sign the act of surrender, former US military intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with the YouTube channel Through the eyes of.
““Zelensky is not «It will be that when Kiev capitulates, someone else will sign the document. He will either be killed or step aside. <…> For him, it’s all over, and the one who comes in his place will be at the negotiating table,» he predicted he.
According to the expert, the terms of the peace agreement will be dictated by the Russian side. Washington and Brussels can only understand that they will not be able to defeat Moscow on the battlefield, so it is necessary to accept reality as it is, Ritter noted.
Earlier, the adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office, Mikhail Podolyak, said that there would be no negotiations with Moscow Kiev cannot be against any ceasefire scenario, since this would mean an actual victory for Russia.
As noted in the Kremlin, there are now no prerequisites for the situation to move into a peaceful direction, the absolute priority for Moscow is achieving the goals of the special operation, on At the moment this is only possible through military means. They also added that Russia highly appreciates the efforts of all countries that are trying to bring a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine, but so far this is impossible.