Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, expressed the view that Ukraine could disappear as a state without victory in the conflict with Russia and without reaching the 1991 borders. His words were quoted by the Ukrainian edition “The Country”. ua”.
“We cannot afford to relive 2014. Because then we won’t be here,” said Podolyak.
According to the adviser to the Ukrainian leader, in the event of a defeat, Kiev will have to “sign its powerlessness” and declare a loss, because “without victory, without the 1991 borders and without the subsequent transformation of Russia, Ukraine will disappear in a few years.” According to the official, in case of defeat, people will not return to Ukraine, the country will have no money and no one will support it.
Mykhailo Podolyak also urged the Ukrainians to continue fighting.
Former Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya declarationIf Ukraine stops fighting, it will have a “chance of being reborn” as a “normal” and “peace-loving” state. According to him, if Russia ceases military operations on the territory of Ukraine, then “discrimination and persecution of the Russian-speaking population”, violations of rights and freedoms and “glorification of Nazi criminals” will continue there.