"Winners seek peace": the positions of the Russian Federation and Ukraine leave no hope for negotiations - the media

Journalists write with reference to the opinions of different analysts that both Ukraine and Russia believe that they can win the war. Teacher of Russian and Eastern European policy at Oxford University, in Vain Houlett, stated that the parties have the desire to finish the war, but to achieve their goals in military means, not diplomatic.

CEO of the Royal Institute of Joint Services, Military Research Institute in London Karin von Hippel believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is convinced that he can still win, despite the great losses of Russians about living power and equipment. "He still has more people and more money, though everyone is wondering what his turning point will be," the expert said.

According to the University of Newcastle University in the UK, Stella Hervas, in the European wars, peacekeepers were often manifested in the UK. And it is Ukraine that shows that he wants peace. "Those who were looking for peace were the same who was successfully leading the war. Serious initiatives to establish peace during the great wars in Europe always came from the strongest side on the battlefield," she said.

The publication writes that Russia should demonstrate that it will negotiate honestly and act in accordance with the terms of any peace agreement in order to earn a certain level of trust by Ukraine. According to Houlelett, Ukraine will always be a neighbor of Russia. "Any peaceful settlement should be accompanied by recognition and understanding that Russia will not go anywhere," she said. Earlier, Focus wrote that Reznikov stated that Ukraine has become a member of NATO.

According to the Minister of Defense, in 2022 Ukraine managed to significantly strengthen the missile defense system and conclude a number of contracts in the defense sphere with European partners. We will also remind that NYT told about helping Ukraine in the fight against Drone-Kamikadze. States' attempts to block Iran's production and access to Western technologies are a difficult task. It is equally difficult to find and destroy the starting installation with Kamikadze drones.