According to the ex-president of Ukraine, Leonid Kuchma, the Kremlin is not going to sign a peace agreement with Ukraine, and the US will undermine its own international authority if it refuses to provide further assistance to Kyiv.
The US is obliged to approve further aid to Ukraine
According to the second president of Ukraine, one cannot hope that the Kremlin will enter into peace negotiations to retain control over exclusively already occupied Ukrainian territories.
Putin can't sign a document saying he didn't get what he wanted. He will have to explain this to the Russian people. He is the leader of Russia, Kuchma emphasized.
According to him, the United States will destroy its international authority if it refuses further aid to Ukraine.
Kuchma believes the current Ukrainian government should count on Congress to approve further assistance to Ukraine.
The defeat of Ukraine means that the USA will lose face in front of the whole world. I believe in victory. I cannot exist in any other way, the second president of Ukraine said.
Kuchma noted that Western countries continue to look at Ukraine through the prism of the Russian Federation.
Moscow used its size and natural resources to hypnotize and bluff. I have never been an anti-Russian person and politician, but tried to establish friendly and equal relations. This turned out to be impossible, because Russia under Putin wanted "integration" and not cooperation, the ex-president explained.
What does the current president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, say
The head of state noted that Ukraine will experience a pause in approving military aid from the US.
I am not upset because I did not lose this battle. And I am not the kind of person, we are not the kind of people who give up in the face of difficulties, Zelenskyy emphasized.
The head of state believes that if someone starts to panic and does not believe in victory, he should pull himself together and move on.
I will be in the United States. I will have a series of meetings. And definitely at the invitation of President Biden. And we will work to overcome this pause in the United States' aid to Ukraine for today, Zelenskyy said.
At the same time, the head of state noted that Ukraine will never forgive the Russian Federation for unleashing a criminal war.
Nobody wants to forgive Russia. No one will forgive them. And of course — they will not be able to occupy Ukraine, because they will be set on fire in our homes every day, if they go there, occupy and live there. This is definitely a moment of no return, because they killed so many people, and we have some kind of loss in every family, the president emphasized.
The head of state is convinced that the Russian aggressors will not be able to realize the declared goals in the war against Ukraine.
At the same time, the president noted that specific steps must be taken to end the war.
Of course, we want to end it so that it does not start again. We need specific security guarantees, the head of state emphasized.
According to him, Ukrainian citizens in the conditions of war have only one desire: for everything to end as soon as possible.
