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Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has stated that Ukraine does not reject negotiations with Russia, but is ready to agree to them only when it comes to the full restoration of territorial integrity.
Kuleba in an interview with Politico suggested that "part of the territory of Ukraine will be liberated by military means, and part, perhaps, by diplomatic means".
He also noted that at the moment when Russia gives a "serious signal of readiness for negotiations", then both Ukraine and its partners will have to "very carefully analyse why this signal was sent".
Kuleba believes that Russia will show "serious interest in real negotiations at the moment when it realises and comes to terms with the fact that its position has weakened as much as possible, it can’t even keep what it has captured, it will need to rapidly stabilise the situation".
He added that it would not even be about "saving face", but about preserving what they control at the time.
"But then a logical question arises: if at this moment we are successfully on the offensive and we are liberating our territories, why do we need to agree on something with the aggressor?
