Kyiv has never refused negotiations with Moscow and is ready for negotiations with the future leader of Russia, but not with Volodymyr Putin, Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi, reacted on Monday. This message has been constantly sent from Kyiv, but now it is happening in the context in which The Washington Post wrote that the US administration of Democratic President Joe Biden would privately ask Ukraine to publicly demonstrate its openness to negotiations with Russia and to abandon its refusal to dialogue with it country before the departure of Russian President Vladimir Putin from power.

• “It is important: Ukraine has never refused negotiations. Our negotiating position is known and open,” the Ukrainian official wrote on Twitter.

He repeated Kyiv’s condition: first, withdraw the troops from Ukraine, which Vladimir Putin does not want to do.

“Fatigue with Ukraine is a real problem for some of our partners”

The message of the adviser to the President of Ukraine is in the context of the fact that The Washington Post wrote that the administration of US President Joe Biden would privately ask Ukraine to publicly demonstrate its openness to negotiations with Russia and to refuse dialogue with this country. until Russian President Vladimir Putin leaves power.

According to the American newspaper citing sources familiar with the internal discussions, this request from Washington is not aimed at forcing Kyiv to sit down at the negotiating table. This strategy is not a form of pressure on Ukraine, but is aimed at ensuring that the Ukrainian executive retains the necessary support from other countries that are suffering from the war in Ukraine due to inflation and the constant increase in energy prices. Publish.

American and Ukrainian officials have acknowledged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s refusal to negotiate with Putin has caused concern in parts of Europe, Africa and Latin America, where the consequences of the war for food and fuel are most acutely felt, the quoted publication writes.

• “Ukraine fatigue is a real problem for some of our partners,” the US official said on condition of anonymity.

On October 4, Zelensky signed a decree officially declaring the prospect of any negotiations between Ukraine and Putin “impossible”, but left the door open for negotiations with the Russian Federation.

• “We’ve said it before and we say it now: actions speak louder than words.
• If Russia is ready to negotiate, it must stop its bombs and missiles and withdraw its forces from Ukraine. The Kremlin continues to escalate this war.
• The Kremlin demonstrated its reluctance to seriously engage in negotiations even before launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” a State Department spokesman told Reuters.

The US official also recalled the words of Zelensky on Friday, who said: “We are ready for peace, for a fair and just peace, a formula that we have talked about many times.”

In his evening address to the Ukrainian people on Friday, Zelenskyi added: “The world knows what our position is. It is respect for the UN Charter, respect for our territorial integrity, respect for our people.”

“Great vulnerability of Ukraine”

We will remind, in the analysis published last week, Australian General Mick Ryan warned that the weakening of Western support is the greatest vulnerability for Ukraine.

• “First of all, in the medium term, there is a need for continued support from the West – equipment, training, financial and humanitarian aid. This is a large-scale industrial war. It will take time, resources and strategic patience in the West for Ukraine to prevail,” said Mick Ryan, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College. .

The “fatigue” of the West from the war is the greatest vulnerability and the greatest danger for Ukraine, he noted.

Secondly, Kyiv will need more anti-air and anti-missile defense systems, as well as against drone attacks. It is clear that with the support of Iran, Russia will continue strategic strikes against Ukraine, he added.

• “The war will not stop this winter. But he will fight at a different pace. This will give political and military leaders an opportunity to plan for the year ahead,” added Mick Ryan.