Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, a member of the Ukrainian negotiation group with the Russian Federation, noted that there are currently no grounds for resuming negotiations with Russia. He said this in an interview with Deutsche Welle,
KYIV. UkraineGate . 23 . July . 2022 | Political News .
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Podolyak, when asked if he sees any reason to talk about the resumption of negotiations, said: “No, there is no reason.”
He emphasized that Russians live “in another world”.
“This is an illusory world of a big country. And in reality, Russia is not a big country, but a small insignificant country with a low intellectual level. It only has nuclear weapons, a huge number of conventional weapons and energy carriers. And also an insane number of people who from a very early age start using special tinctures for not having a brain. After that, they can be used as a living force anywhere: in Syria, Georgia, Ukraine. It is very difficult to negotiate with an enemy who has two convolutions for every four or five representatives of the political elite ( …) They can only speak in the language of ultimatums,” said Podolyak.
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He also added that the resumption of negotiations is possible under the condition of powerful tactical victories of the Ukrainian army in the southern and eastern directions.
“This is Kherson, Berdyansk, the exit to the Azov water area, the return of Mariupol. This should not be just a tactical withdrawal of the Russian army, but the destruction of the maximum amount of manpower and equipment. In order for the society in Russia to start asking: “What are people paying such a price for? “. (…) That is why we need to inflict a military defeat on Russia, then we will sit down at the negotiating table,” he said.
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The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba , said that the resumption of peace negotiations with Russia is possible only after its defeat on the battlefield.
Source: Ukrgate
