A ceasefire and ceasefire with Russia will only prolong the military conflict, without giving back the lost territory of the Ukrainian army, declaration Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. In his view, this will give Moscow “an opportunity to resupply and arm for the next round.”
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“Freezing the conflict with the Russian Federation means a pause that will give Russia a breather. “They will not use the gap to change their geopolitics or to abandon their claims to the former Soviet republics,” he said.
He also said that there are daily casualties of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. decreased. During the day, the Ukrainian army killed about 30 people and wounded 250. According to him, “a change in the balance of firepower” stopped Kiev’s military losses.
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Calls from Moscow
On July 15, Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s First Deputy Representative to the UN, broadcast George Eliason’s program on TNT radio declarationWestern countries should persuade the Ukrainian leadership to start peace talks with Russia, since the military situation is not in Kiev’s favor. Commenting on Washington’s actions to support Kiev with weapons and money, the diplomat admitted that it was difficult for him to assess American leader Joe Biden, but noted that the Ukrainian support depicted by the United States seemed strange.
“The best support that Western countries, including the United States, can provide would be to put some effort into the political planning and actions of the Ukrainian leadership to initiate serious peace negotiations with Russia on ceasefire terms,” Polyansky said. .
He stressed during the March talks that the Ukrainian delegation had sound ideas and that, in his view, these ideas could serve as a basis for discussions, but “after consultations with Washington and London, they returned with completely unrealistic assessments of what had happened”.
Moscow insists on peace talks with Kyiv from the fifth day of special operations in Ukraine. Several rounds were held, but the parties could not agree on terms. According to Moscow, Kyiv made unrealistic demands. The Ukrainian side, on the other hand, argued that Moscow’s demands were unrealistic. After the results of the negotiations in Istanbul on 30 March, it was reported that reconciliation was possible, but later the process was suspended and the dialogue was in vain.
During the negotiations, Moscow demanded that Kiev consolidate the country’s non-bloc status, recognize Crimea under Russian jurisdiction, as well as recognize the DPR and LPR in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Kyiv, on the other hand, demanded security guarantees for Ukraine under an international agreement. The guarantors of the new system would be permanent members of the UN Security Council, including Russia, as well as Turkey, Germany, Italy, Israel, Poland and Canada. Kyiv also demanded an immediate ceasefire, the withdrawal of Russian troops by February 24, and the return of Crimea to Ukrainian jurisdiction.
Also on July 15, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko declarationPeace talks with Ukraine are not currently ongoing. He explained that it is not yet possible to talk about the possible participation of third countries in the process.
In early July, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Western countries say that Russia does not reject peace talks, but the other side must understand that the further it goes, the more difficult the negotiation will be. According to him, Western countries “loss” From the very beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, he associates it with an ineffective blow to the Russian economy.
The current state of the theater of operations
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on July 22, the Russian army destroyed Four MLRS HIMARS installations from 5 to 20 July. In addition, the temporary deployment point of the Black Hundred national formation in Kramatorsk was destroyed, up to 300 military personnel and more than 40 equipment were liquidated.
During the day, the warehouse of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, containing more than 30 military personnel and six equipment, was also destroyed. Six command posts were also hit in the Kharkov region and the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic. In addition, the Ukrainian BUK-M1 air defense system and 12 UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed during the day.
Also the Russian Spring portal knowledgeableHe said that Russian army and DPR forces captured a large Ukrainian army group near Seversk in the DPR.