Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba today ruled out ceding territory to Russia as part of any peace deal, noting that there are no peace talks between Moscow and Kiev.
“Ukraine’s goal in this war … is to liberate our territories, restore our territorial integrity and full sovereignty over eastern and southern Ukraine,” he told reporters. “This is the final point of our negotiating position.”
Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, gained control of Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine this month and hopes to seize any territory it does not yet control in neighboring Donetsk, the other province of the industrial Donbas region.
Kuleba said in an interview published earlier today – ahead of talks in Istanbul involving Ukrainians, Russians, Turks and UN officials – that a deal to resume Ukrainian grain exports blocked by Russia appeared very close.
But he made it clear that broader peace talks have stalled.
“At the moment there are no (peace) talks between Russia and Ukraine because of Russia’s position and its continued aggression against our country,” the Ukrainian foreign minister said.
Asked about the Canadian government’s decision to return to Germany a repaired turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, Kuleba said Kyiv had told Berlin and Ottawa that this was a “mistake”.
Source: Capital
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