Putin will try to get on the negotiations what he did not achieve at the front in Ukraine - the Foreign Ministry of Latvia

The official told this in an interview with the Associated Press, published on February 26. She stressed that the Russian Federation with a population of 140 million people managed to establish control of less than 20% of Ukrainian lands. The occupation began from Crimea in 2014 and exploded with new force in 2022. However, the Kremlin failed to weaken the US with NATO and displace the democratic government from Ukraine.

According to the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, on the doorstep to the search for peace "The problem is the Russians", which still seek to weaken America in the world. The minister explained that I intervene in other countries, Putin wants to control not only their territories but also governments. In particular, in Syria, Moscow supported Bashar Al-Assad. During the three years of a full -scale war in Ukraine, the Kremlin did not receive the desired.

Now, according to brother-in-law, the leader of the aggressor country will try to achieve their goals "through peace negotiations. " "So, it is important to remember this perspective in any agreement that we are conducting or concluding," she said. The official stressed that now the task of Europe is to strengthen NATO and strengthen its own armies, the defense industry.

In her opinion, the Baltic countries, that is, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, should be ready for any future aggression by the Russian Federation. In particular, it is a restraint - early warning, rapid response, military potential and political will. Brave is convinced that only the victory of Ukraine can ensure long safety.

"We are firmly convinced that the hasty ceasefire will not lead to a sustainable peace; instead, it only encourages Russia, facilitating further expansion and exposing global security to serious risk," she explained. The minister said that despite the previous negotiations, the peace process has not yet begun.

She assured that Latvia would be guided by the needs of Ukraine, and added that the most important thing is that the ceasefire leads to a long peace, not the restoration of war after a certain time. We will remind, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov called the conditions without which the ceasefire in Ukraine is impossible. He also rejected the possibility of placing European peacekeepers in Ukraine.