Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said in an interview with Focus that the country is not considering freezing the conflict to stop the loss of life. The Prime Minister’s answers to the questions are published on the Ukrainian government’s website.
“NO. This is unacceptable to us,” said Shmygal in response to a question on the subject.
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine declaration In an interview with Focus, he said that reconciliation and cooperation between the Ukrainian side and Russia in the next 100 years is impossible. According to him, Ukrainians are ready to “fight for freedom and independence”, and in this context, the statements of politicians from different countries to support Ukraine are “psychologically important”.
Prior to that, Volodymyr Zelensky, Advisor to the President of the Presidential Office of Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak criticized China’s stance on the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine on Twitter.
According to an adviser from the Ukrainian leader’s office, the ceasefire proposed by China and a “consequential new dividing line” would lead to a “freezing” of the conflict and a “loss” of Ukraine.