Kiev can think of taking back the territories that ended up under the control of Moscow since 2015, explained Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, also replying to Macron: Three months ago, this country did not even have the prospect of becoming a member of the EU
The concept of victory for Ukraine is evolving. what he explained in an interview al Financial Times Kiev Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, stating that the war objectives are being updated. If in the beginning the aim of the Ukrainian resistance was to maintain the territories controlled before February 24, now – with the advance of Putin’s soldiers stalled – Zelensky’s government can legitimately think of recovering even those that ended up under the control of Moscow starting from 2015, namely the Crimea and the Donbass. What we picture as victory is an evolving idea, Kuleba told the London newspaper. In the first months of the war, it would be the withdrawal of Russian forces from the positions they occupied before February 24, as well as the payment of war expenses. Now, however, if we are strong enough on the military front, and if we win the battle for the Donbass – which will be crucial to the dynamics of the conflict – certainly, victory for us will be the liberation of the rest of our territories.
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Solo a defeat by Russia, the minister specified, will allow Ukraine to reopen the ports on the Black Sea and restart exports, which are essential for the country’s economic survival. To park the Russian war machine, it is necessary to take away the revenues generated by gas and oil from Moscow and, at the same time, to improve the timing and sustainability of Western supplies. If the battle rages today and the drones and guns arrive tomorrow, it’s not going anywhere, explained Kuleba. If we receive further military support, we will be able to drive them back from the Kherson region – in the south of the country -, defeat the Black Sea fleet and unlock the walk, he said, recognizing however that the bloodshed may be too great. , is that Kiev could be pushed to find an agreement. To that deal, however, he wants to get there with the best possible cards.
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The Ukrainian resistance, further argues Kuleba, has already managed to achieve a victory, bringing the United States and the European Union closer together when authoritarian regimes were in the offensive phase. Now he hopes that Ukraine will be able to obtain the status of candidate country to join the EU by June, he said in response to the French president. Emmanuel Macron, who just yesterday said that it will take several years for Kiev to be able to join the Union. Three months ago, this country didn’t even have the prospect of becoming a member, Kuleba replied. Now they are discussing how long it will take. While reiterating his support for Kiev, however, the French leader – current EU president – proposed a European political community for those states that share the values of the Union but cannot yet be part of it, like Ukraine. Once we have the status, Kuleba explained, we will sit down and sort out all the other issues: how, when and everything else.
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The concept of victory for is broad and flexible, as is that of Russian defeat. We believe that Ukraine has to decide what it considers a success, the White House explained Washington Post who asked for the American definition of victory, especially considering that the United States is investing tens of billions of dollars in assistance to Kievand that just on Monday they launched the Lend-Lease measure to speed up supplies. We are focused on helping Ukraine as much as possible on the battlefield, to allow it to have as much power as possible at the negotiating table. Both Zelensky and his Washington ambassador Oksana Markarova reiterated that the purpose of obtain the withdrawal of Russian forces from the entire territory of Ukrainebut this would require overtime – and unlikely, notes the Post – concessions from Moscow.
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I was elected president of Ukraine, not mini-UkraineZelensky said Friday in a speech at London’s Chatham House. The important thing is the victory of Ukraine, and by victory I mean something that belongs to us. A serious negotiation – he added – can only begin once Moscow has withdrawn all its troops, or that they will be expelled from the territories they have occupied since the beginning of the invasion: refugees will then have to return, Ukraine will have to be admitted to the European Union and Russian military leaders will have to be prosecuted for war crimes. These points, clarified a European diplomat quoted by Postform the basis of Kiev’s requests: the Ukrainian people will not be willing to accept anything.
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Washington and London, on the other hand, seem to have clear from the beginning the meaning of Ukrainian victory, but above all that of Russian defeat. During his trip to Poland, Biden had claimed that Putin – a butcher – could not remain in power, even though his words were quickly belittled by the White House, while Boris Johnson had called for the defeat of Moscow and the British Defense had defined the attacks carried out by the Ukrainians on Russian territory as legitimate. Having invested billions – and increased supplies as the resistance stood up to Putin’s troops – the Allies believe Russian forces to be a cancerous mass, the words of British Foreign Minister Liz Truss, who must be expelled from Ukrainian territory. Monday in Strasbourg, for, Macron urged – once the war is over – not to give in to the temptation of humiliation n the spirit of revenge against Russia.
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