(ANSA) — Kyiv, NOVEMBER 20 — Attempts by the West to persuade Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow after a string of key Kiev military victories are “bizarre” and amount to demanding their surrender. This was underscored by Mykhaylo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, specifying: “When you have the initiative on the battlefield, it’s a bit strange to get suggestions like: ‘You won’t be able to do everything but doing so with the military means you have to negotiate’. This would mean that the country “that is regaining its territories must capitulate to the country that is losing,” he added.
According to Podolyak, Moscow “did not make a direct proposal” to Kyiv for peace talks, preferring to pass it on through intermediaries and even assumed a ceasefire.
Negotiating “makes no sense,” and Kyiv interprets these speeches as simple maneuvers by the Kremlin to gain breathing space on the ground and prepare a new offensive: “Russia does not want to negotiate,” repeated the adviser to the Ukrainian president.
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