When Russian dictator Vladimir Putin talks about negotiations with Ukraine, he means three things — a temporary ceasefire to rebuild his army, Ukraine's surrender and the cessation of aid to Kyiv. This was stated in an interview with online.ua by Mikhail Podolyak, the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration.
Why does Putin talk about "negotiations" with Ukraine?
Podolyak explains that Putin is talking about negotiations with Ukraine for three technological reasons.
The first is to involve us in the negotiation process, to achieve a temporary ceasefire in order to complete the work on the mistakes in his army and his military industry. To complete the military complex, increase the production of shells, bring in more shells from North Korea, make adjustments to tactics and strategy, dig up the echelons of defence in the occupied territories, fill it all in with concrete, mine what has not yet been mined, train our army, and then issue another ultimatum.
According to Podolyak, Putin's second goal is Ukraine's surrender, the abandonment of its sovereignty and the territories temporarily occupied by Russia.
In addition, if you acknowledge this, he will add: "Look, my Constitution says that the city of Zaporizhzhia is also mine. And the city of Kherson is also mine. But we still believe that the city of Kharkiv should be ours for security. And Odesa. Because the Black Sea is practically our internal water area. We will reach an agreement with Turkey, and let's take Odesa with us."
Putin's third goal is to involve everyone in a process in which Russia will dominate, and other countries will say: that's it, the war is over, they are negotiating, then let's stop helping Ukraine.
And if something starts, Russia will say: "Ukraine is at war again, and why are you helping them? They want to fight, and we do not want to kill people," and so on.
The advisor to the head of the Presidential Administration notes that Russia will come to the talks and listen to what Ukraine has to say for exactly 5 minutes, and then behave as it always does.
Russia aggressively deceives you and wants to humiliate you, including by turning on the camera. Are you ready for such negotiations?
That is why, according to Podolyak, the only recipe for everyone who wants to live in the foreseeable future is Russia's defeat and its internal transformation.
