The West’s attempts to push Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow after a number of important military victories of Kiev.strangeand are part of the capitulation request, a top adviser to the Ukrainian president told AFP. “When you have initiative on the battlefieldIt is a bit strange to receive such offers.explained Mykhailo Podoliak. This means that the attacking country that recovers its territories must capitulate to the country that loses.»
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US media recently reported that some senior officials have begun encouraging Ukraine to consider talks, which President Volodymyr Zelensky has so far rejected without withdrawing Russian forces from all Ukrainian territory. “Military victory is most likely not literally achievable through military means“, so assessed the top American military official, General Mark Milley, on November 9, believing that there is “trading opportunity window“.
According to Mykhailo Podoliak, Moscow did “there is no direct offerRegarding these negotiations in Kyiv, preferring to pass them through mediators and even raising the possibility of a ceasefire. An idea that makes no sense to Kiev, which sees it as a maneuver by the Kremlin to relax and prepare for a new offensive. “Russia does not want negotiations. Russia is conducting a communication campaign called “negotiations– assures the adviser.
Negotiations with Vladimir Putin are “pointless”.
“He’ll just stop. In the meantime, he will train his mobilized, find additional weaponsand strengthen its positions, warns. Because despite his heavy military defeats, President Vladimir Putin still thinks:that he can destroy Ukraine, that is his obsession“and negotiate with him”doesn’t make sense“. west”did not put pressure on Ukraine“He assures before regretting.our partners still believe that it is possible to return to the pre-war era when Russia was a reliable partner“.
Prior to the mass withdrawal of the Russians from the Kiev region in March, then from the Kharkiv region in September, the liberation of Kherson in November, the only regional center captured by the Russians since the start of the offensive on February 24, was a turning point.”fundamentalin this conflict.
Driven by winning momentum, Ukraine cannotdo not allow pauseduring its counter-attack despite the cold and snowfall, which aggravated the situation on the ground. “Today, every small break only adds to the losses suffered by UkraineThe official grumbles as Moscow has been pounding the country’s energy infrastructure for weeks, plunging millions of homes into darkness.
“fear of Ukraine»
Zaporozhye and Luhansk regions are now “main directionsfor the army, assessed Mykhailo Podoliak, who, however, refused to speculate on the possibility of a military operation to recapture the Crimean peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014. “It will be very important to do this in winter“, the official remarked.
And list.we still need 150 to 200 tanks, about 300 armored vehicles“hundred artillery systems, 50-70 multiple rocket artillery systems, including Ukraine’s formidable American “HIMARS” already has several units, as well as “ten 15 air defense systems to close the skies“. He also cited US ATACMS missiles that have a range of 300 kilometers, while the weapons currently available to Ukraine barely exceed 80 kilometers.
For Mykhailo Podoliak, these rockets “bringing the war to an endallowing Ukrainedestroy large depositsThe Russian military deep in the occupied territories, which are currently inaccessible. Kiev”no needto attack military facilities inside Russia, the adviser assured. “The war will end when we regain control of our borders and when Russia fears Ukraine“.
Source: Le Figaro
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