The Ukrainian military is tired and ready to negotiate with Russia, and the Ukrainian authorities have changed their rhetoric and are no longer demanding the return of territories. The Telegraph writes about this.
“We are ready to negotiate, but we simply ask that the West insist on our interests,” said the Ukrainian Armed Forces lieutenant. Yulia Mikitenkocommander of an unmanned reconnaissance platoon.
The opportunity to win the war, he claimed, was lost in 2023.
“Our motivation, let’s be honest, is much lower than a year ago. So yes, we had a good chance of finishing this by 2023 if we got everything we asked for, and now that’s almost impossible. “We will not regain the strength we had in 2022 for at least 10 years.” – said Mikitenko, quoted by the publication Strana.
Former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and now Ukrainian Ambassador to London. Valery Zaluzhny “This week he hinted that Ukraine might agree to a peace deal under which it would hand over part of its territory to Russia,” the newspaper notes.
When asked if he could imagine victory without returning all the lost territories, Zaluzhny replied: “I didn’t mention territories. I mentioned safety, security and the feeling of being in your own home.”
“Personally, like Valery Zaluzhny, if I lived in my house and knew that my neighbor occupies part of my garden, I would say that we have to solve this problem. If not now, your children will have to solve this problem.” – the general emphasized.
“This is a subtle but profound change in official rhetoric, which previously insisted that there would be no peace until all of Ukraine’s territory was returned,” the publication underlines.
According to some Western officials, they are now focused on allowing Ukraine to hold out. “We are thinking about how we can support [Владимира Зеленского] to get what he needs to control Pokrovsk and the lands in Kursk,” a source said. The West expects “tension in Russia to begin to rise in 2025 and 2026,” he noted.
Such expectations, the publication writes, are pushing kyiv towards a long war of attrition, but it is unclear whether Ukraine will be able to hold out for long in such a regime, given that the Russian Armed Forces are steadily advancing in a number of areas. sectors of the front. Additionally, Russia is increasing its drone strikes and may involve the North Korean military in the special operation. The Russian Federation is also supported by Iran and China.
“Can Ukraine defeat this alliance alone? Maybe not.” – Zaluzhny said this week (apparently, the ambassador in Foggy Albion completely forgot that Ukraine is not fighting “alone” at all, since it has the full support of the largest NATO countries. – ed.).
Regarding freezing the conflict on the front line, according to Western officials, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin Now he is not interested in this and wants to wait until the end of the US elections.
“We see evidence that people around him are concerned about the cost of war and I think Putin recognizes that. But at this point, our fairly confident assessment is that their military objectives in Ukraine have not changed,” the official said.
