Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, mentioned there is no going again on the conflict with Russia and cautioned that even a pause on the preventing may result in a "extra bloody" conflict waged by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"I would like the fullest attainable understanding that nothing is over but. Due to this fact, we should proceed to struggle in all instructions," Podolyak wrote on Telegram on Wednesday. The highest official mentioned there might be "no query" about freezing the conflict and that doing so would solely lead to "a conflict postponed."
"[A] bigger, extra bloody and higher ready by the aggressor, who will work on the errors, launch and arrest the generals, and of their place will put militants with the expertise of right this moment's conflict," Podolyak warned.
His remarks got here as some have recommended that Ukraine agree to surrender a few of its territory so as to achieve a peace cope with Russia to place an finish to the three-month-long conflict.
However Podolyak made it clear that "Ukraine is not going to participate on this dialogue."
"We don't commerce our residents, territories or sovereignty. This can be a clear purple line," he mentioned, based on an English translation of his put up. "Ukrainian society has paid a horrible worth and won't permit anybody to even take a step on this course—no authorities and no nation. Any trace of this from both associate will obtain a principled response."
Kyiv's lead negotiator additionally slammed geopolitical consultants for decreasing the conflict all the way down to Ukraine's territories, saying that even after a deal is reached, the 13 million refugees who've fled Ukraine might be unable to return to occupied areas resulting from security dangers and an absence of financial system.
"Any conflict ends on the negotiating desk, and this might be no exception. However negotiations might be attainable solely when the events are able to agree," Podolyak mentioned. "To do that, Russia wants to begin soberly assessing the state of affairs. Allegations of concessions, saving faces or freezing the battle are unlikely to assist."
On Wednesday, Podolyak additionally despatched a transparent message to anybody asking Ukraine to make compromises as a way to put an finish to the conflict, referring them to the defiance of the Ukrainian folks these previous couple of months.
"Ukraine was given from three days to a number of weeks. The Ukrainians defended Kyiv, liberated three oblasts and are finishing the liberation of the fourth," he mentioned. "Immediately, the identical folks [who predicted Ukraine would lose to Putin] supply us to offer Russia the east and the south. Thanks for the recommendation, however we'll in all probability take up arms."
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