Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, noted that the conclusion of a peace treaty between Ukraine and Russia now will only postpone an even greater military escalation by the aggressor country.
Points of attention
- Signing a peace treaty with Russia would postpone greater military escalation by the aggressor country, according to Mykhailo Podolyak.
- Ukraine must strengthen its defense capabilities, utilize financial instruments, and seek international support to ensure sustainable peace.
- Russia seeks war and expansion, not a peaceful settlement, making negotiations challenging for Ukraine.
- Diplomatic pressure on Russia, including from China, is crucial to prevent further escalation of the conflict.
- Mykhailo Podolyak emphasizes that an agreement with Russia would only give Vladimir Putin more time to strengthen his army and intensify the war against Ukraine.
An agreement with Russia is an agreement with the devil — Podolyak
Making an agreement with the Russian Federation to end the war with Ukraine would be tantamount to signing a deal with the devil, Podolyak believes.
In an interview with the Associated Press, he emphasized that the agreement will only give the illegitimate president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, time to strengthen his army and start a new, potentially more brutal phase of the war against Ukraine.
If you want to sign a deal with the devil who will then drag you to hell, well, go ahead. This is Russia.
Mykhailo Podolyak
Adviser to the OP chairman
The publication recalled that Volodymyr Zelenskiy for the first time after the full-scale invasion of 2022 hinted at his readiness to negotiate with the Russian Federation when he offered Moscow to send a delegation to the next Global Peace Summit, which may be held in November.
At the same time, Podoliak insists that concluding an agreement now will only postpone even more violence.
Yes, it can be freezing the conflict for a certain time. But this means that the Russian Federation will work on its mistakes and upgrade its own army. The aggressor country did not come to the territory of Ukraine to sign a peace agreement. This is nonsense!
The Russian Federation will always want wars — Podolyak
It is absolutely clear that we want to end a war that we did not start and did not provoke. And we want to reach fundamental agreements that will make it impossible to resume hostilities when the Russian Federation is ready for them again. And the Russian Federation will always want wars, because it does not know how to live in peace and does not know how to control its internal space by improving the quality of life and does it only through external expansions. So we have to deprive the aggressor of a number of capabilities and we ourselves have to get the tools of coercion...
Podolyak is sure that the tactical defeats of the Russian Federation on the front line will make Moscow understand that it will not achieve anything by military means.
For this, it is necessary to improve the national air defense system, to increase the long-range capabilities of Ukraine in order to destroy the infrastructure of the war, to increase the amount of resources that Russia is losing due to its continuation. In addition, financial instruments are needed to punish not only the Russian Federation, but also countries that help circumvent sanctions.
The adviser to the OP chairman noted that diplomatic pressure on Russia is very important.
In particular, from China, which would explain to the Kremlin that the escalation of the conflict causes losses to all participants in the global economy. Apparently, China clearly understands the role it plays in the world today, and is certainly interested in observing international law.
The only aggressor is Russia, Podolyak stated.
The advisor of the President's Office stated that Ukraine is ready for the negotiation process with Russia on peace on the terms that will lead to a sustainable and just peace.
Russia is not ready for them. Despite all its statements, Moscow is only ready for war, for escalation, for expansion. If only because without the existence of an external enemy, it may have major internal problems of a revolutionary nature.
