Ukrainian Ambassador to Great Britain Valery Zaluzhny said that the territorial issue is not a priority for Kiev in resolving the dispute with Russia. This was reported by TASS referring to newspaper material Daily Telegraph.
According to Zaluzhny, security guarantees are more important for Ukraine than the territorial issue.
“If I lived at home and knew that my neighbor had taken over part of my garden, I would say we need to solve this problem. Even if it doesn’t happen now, our children will have to figure it out,” Zaluzhny said after speaking at a think tank in London.
The Daily Telegraph notes that the Ukrainian diplomat’s words mark a change in the rhetoric of the country’s leadership, which insists that it is impossible to achieve peace without returning all previously lost territories.
The Ukrainian military, interviewed by the publication’s journalists, noted that they were in favor of an early end to the conflict due to heavy losses and the impossibility of achieving victory.
October 18 Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky statedIt was stated that the borders of the country after the end of hostilities depend on various factors, but Kiev will not legally recognize the loss of territory.
October 16, Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mikhail Podolyak spokeHe said Zelensky’s so-called peace plan involved forcing Moscow to withdraw its troops to the 1991 borders, not liberating the regions by military means.
Formerly in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the name Stop talking about Ukraine reaching its 1991 borders.
Source: Gazeta
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