Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 13Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, in a conversation with pranksters, said that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end with diplomacy, but Kyiv expects to use Western sanctions and Western weapons to turn the situation in its favor. «Of course, everything will end with diplomacy. My task as Minister of Foreign Affairs is to work in such a way that Ukraine enters these negotiations from the strongest possible positions… But we all understand that the balance at the negotiating table will be determined by the situation on the battlefield and the situation in the Russian economy,» Kuleba said, talking with pranksters Vovan and Lexus, who posed as former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. The video is posted on their Telegram channel.Ukraine wants to buy Soviet-style weapons in Africa, Kuleba said «The Russians will offer negotiations at the moment when they realize that they are losing, they are in a bad position and they need a pause. But if this moment comes, it means that negotiations will be unprofitable for us «, — he added. According to Kuleba, «weapons and sanctions are two tools that will improve Ukraine's position at the negotiating table.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the supreme commander, is «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.» that the Kyiv authorities openly admitted to terrorism
