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"Crimea and Donbas are not discussed": Ermak called the condition for negotiations with the Russian Federation

The head of the Presidential Office noted that to start negotiations it is necessary to return to a situation that was as of February 24, 2022. Only then will Ukraine talk about how to restore sovereignty to the borders of 1991. Ukraine is not afraid of Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election. No American leader intends to promote the victory of autocracy such as Russia. This was stated by the Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak in an interview with the Korriere Della Sera.

According to him, conversation with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris during the last visit of President Vladimir Zelensky was warm, but with Trump negotiations went very well. "I was present, I will not tell the details, it was behind the closed doors, but I can say that we have returned from the United States that none of the two candidates want to allow Putin to win this war and that military support will be continued," he said Yermak.

Journalist Lorenzo Kremezi noted that the allies were spreading that if Ukraine is given a reliable military protection, a territorial compromise will be possible to sign peace with Putin. In response, Yermak stressed that Zelensky never spoke of a territorial compromise, but only about the need to accept internationally recognized borders. "For us Crimea and Donbas remain Ukrainian, they are not discussed. We are against the freezing of war, but we want to put its land.

We are assured that the countries of the global south also condemn the Russian invasion and seizure of the territory by force. However, in order to start negotiations, It is necessary to return to the situation, which was before the first shot of the Russian gun at four years ago. He also stated that he was indifferent to Putin. "We cannot build a peaceful proposal under the influence of those who wanted this war.

We will be ready to hold an international conference when we feel strong, and we will have the support of the global south to negotiate with Russia," Yermak said in early November Work on the "Peace Formula" will be completed and then Zelensky will be ready to listen to other initiatives, such as China, Brazil, South Africa, etc. Initiatives to integrate them into ours.

" When asked if a compromise can be that Ukraine is negotiating with the Russians without being a member of NATO, but with the promise that you will become in the future, Yermak noted that "in our plan it is written that we ask for an invitation to invite before the negotiations. NATO membership ", and Kiev will be able to join after the war. The presidential election in Ukraine will take place immediately after the war.

"Zelensky says very clearly: he wants all soldiers to be able to vote, as well as refugees abroad. But today resources have to go to war," Yermak said. We will remind, on October 24, Donald Trump stated that in the event of his election President he will call Vladimir Zelensky and Vladimir Putin on the night of the election and calls the leaders of the states for negotiations.