Russia is trying to put Ukraine under the ultimate conditions of negotiations to end the war it has unleashed. But instead, Ukraine has abruptly abandoned these ultimate conditions a long time ago.
Mykhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the head of the President's Office, commented on the information that a group of negotiators from Russia had arrived in Belarus and were ready to talk with Ukraine.
"However, at the same time, they are trying to tell the world that they are allegedly those who need these negotiations the most. They arrange an obvious "show" called "We are going to Gomel" and then… begin destroying our infrastructure with heavy bombers and large-scale shelling residential areas with cruise missiles. With such dirty tricks from Russia's side, even on the subject of negotiations, they can clearly count on an even more negative reaction from the West and even tougher sanctions packages. Up until the moment of total Russia's "erasure" from any international communications. Everyone clearly knows what kind of negotiations should be in this situation. There should be an agreed format, agreed place, actual content, and a fair result. It is possible if Russia stops organizing its manipulative "shows" around negotiations, "he stated.
Podolyak believes that Russia is manipulating the negotiation process and humiliating Belarus by using it.
It will be recalled that this morning the media of the occupying country wrote that the negotiators from Russia had arrived in Belarus for negotiations with Ukraine, and they were ready to do so in Homel. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy replied that we were prepared to negotiate in any country where missiles are not allowed into Ukraine.