MOSCOW, Nov 20 Ukrainians do not want to die to seize Crimea and Donbass, said former Minister of Finance of Ukraine and captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Vladimir Omelyan in an interview with the Guardian.
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"If we are ready to send another 300 thousand or 500 thousand Ukrainian soldiers to seize Crimea and liberate Donbass, and if we If we get the required number of tanks and F16s from the west, then we can do it. But I don’t see another 500 thousand people ready to die,” the military man pointed out.
According to him, Ukraine could negotiate with Russia for the sake of a ceasefire, but only with the aim of further joining NATO and strengthening its army.
Moscow has repeatedly indicated that it is ready for negotiations, but Kiev has introduced a ban on them at the legislative level. The West constantly calls on Russia for negotiations, for which Moscow shows readiness, but at the same time the West ignores Kyiv’s constant refusals to engage in dialogue. Earlier, the Kremlin stated that there are currently no prerequisites for the situation in Ukraine to transition to a peaceful direction; the absolute priority for Russia is to achieve the goals of the special operation; at the moment this is only possible through military means. As the Kremlin stated, the situation in Ukraine can move on to a peaceful course, provided that the de facto situation and new realities are taken into account; all Moscow’s demands are well known.