Kuleba confirmed that Ukraine will not make concessions on Donbass
Despite the fact that Ukraine unilaterally opened two checkpoints in Donbass, Russia allegedly continues to “sabotage the agreements” and does not allow Kyiv to end the war on its own terms.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stated this in an interview with the Kyiv portal Obozrevatel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Progress on the Donbass track reminds me of the paradox of Schrödinger’s cat. He exists and is absent at the same time. On the one hand, we really have the longest truce since the beginning of Russian aggression, the number of victims has really been minimized. Also, Ukraine has fulfilled everything that was agreed upon at the Paris summit.
At the same time, Russia did everything to ensure that nothing was accomplished on its part. For example, we opened checkpoints in Shchastya and Zolote to make life easier for people on the front-line territory, but the Russian side did nothing and is simply broaching the topic. We have identified the next areas for the mutual disengagement of forces and means, but they do not coordinate them. In this regard, the situation is moving downward,” Kuleba said.
He also stated that Kyiv will continue to seek to end the war in Donbass solely on its own terms, without any concessions.
“If the experience of negotiations with Russia on Donbass has taught us anything, it is that it is constantly waiting for optimal circumstances to resolve the situation on its own terms. When they don’t see an opportunity to do this, they start slamming on the brakes very hard.
In the short term, they may be happy with the current situation, but I believe that the window of opportunity for negotiations with Russia is not closed. If they see that circumstances have changed, they can easily return to constructive...
We are working to ensure that this world is on Ukrainian terms. This is the restoration of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine without compromising national interests and the European future of the state,” the minister concluded.
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