Piontkovsky said that there will be peace in Ukraine only after the withdrawal of Russian troops from all territories.
The firm position of the West is that peace in Ukraine can be established in only one way – the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied territories.
Publicist and political scientist Andriy Piontkovskyy made such a statement in an interview with , answering the question: does the US really want Ukraine to go only to the borders on February 24? And this means that the territories of Donbas and Crimea will remain occupied.
“There are official documents of the G8. The meetings on October 14 and December 12 ended with the adoption of statements demanding the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from the entire occupied territory. There is no February 24. There was a very revealing press conference of Macron and Biden, where they both reluctantly, but were forced to repeat this formula: “Peace in Ukraine can be established in only one way – by the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied territory. At present, Putin is not ready for this, so we have no grounds for negotiations with them.” When he agrees to this, we will start negotiations with him.” This is the firm position of the West,” he said.
Commenting on the recent speech of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in the US Congress, Piontkovsky emphasized that Ukraine today performs the functions of NATO, and the West understands this.
“The Western world finally understood what was happening. Even such a burned-out bureaucrat Stoltenberg said, responding to accusations about too much financial aid to Ukraine: “We pay with money, and Ukrainians pay with blood. And if they do not resist, then we will have to pay this high price.” Finally, the West understood this, and it was reflected in Zelensky’s meeting in Congress.”
Zelensky’s visit to the USA – what was reported
It will be recalled that on December 21, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Washington, where he met with US President Joe Biden and also spoke before both houses of Congress.
Biden announced the allocation of $1.85 billion in new defense aid to Ukraine, which, in particular, will include Patriot air defense systems and shells for them.
