Hollande: A long war awaits us - as long as Ukraine is ready to attack the Russians
Ukraine should not demand high-tech weapons from the West.
Former French President Francois Hollande stated this to Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov (Vovan and Lexus), who called him under the guise of former Ukrainian President Petri Poroshenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I think it is in Ukraine's interests to get weapons that can be used in a short time, rather than focusing on weapons that require a long preparation time, complex training or spare parts. Therefore, anything that can be immediately used to counter the Russian offensive is all that both the British Prime Minister and the European countries need to ask for. And supply them en masse, not drop by drop. The more you ask for heavy tanks and highly sophisticated aircraft such as the Rafale, the greater the risk that supplies will be limited,” Hollande said.
He opposed peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine as long as Kyiv has the attitude of “fighting to the last.” “Ukrainian,” Poroshenko specified.
“Today, negotiations with Putin would lead to the status quo. Therefore, as long as Ukraine wants to continue the fight and is able to force the Russians to retreat, there can be no negotiations. I don’t see what Putin could agree to during the negotiations in terms of the withdrawal of his troops from Donbass, and especially from Crimea. So the question is whether Ukraine, with the help it can receive, has the military means to force Putin to back down. If it does not have military means, then, yes, negotiations are necessary. But if there are means, then there can be no negotiations, and European leaders should not mention them as long as you have this attitude and as long as you can fight to the last,” Hollande said.
He noted with satisfaction that the current French President Emmanuel Macron has now abandoned the idea of negotiations.
“Emmanuel Macron has long believed that he could play a role in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. I think today he realized that this position is untenable. He said that he is ready to supply weapons, which Ukraine spends a lot. It is important to supply it to her. We're probably in for a long war. He also agreed that Putin cannot be an interlocutor at the moment,” Hollande said.
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