President's Office responds to Merkel's call for talks with Russia 

Podolyak wrote about this on Twitter.

In this way, he reacted to the latest statements by Merkel, who urged not to reject the opinion of those who call for negotiations on ending Russia's war against Ukraine.

"The author of the Minsk-Normandy format says: "We need to think about negotiations, not all peacekeepers think like Putin." One question: negotiations about what? About cheap Russian gas, again? But does it necessarily have to be at the price of the destroyed Ukrainian territories and hundreds of thousands of innocent Ukrainian lives? And most importantly - negotiations with who? With officially recognized international war criminals?" asked Podolyak.

He called on Merkel to stop making excuses and encouraging the aggressor.

"After 430 days of brutal war, is it possible to despise freedom so deeply, ignore Russian mass murders so openly, and hate Ukraine's right to self-defense so openly? If you cannot correct the mistakes of the past, just stop making excuses and encouraging the aggressor," wrote Podolyak.

Former Chancellor #Merkel, who has made #Europe totally dependent on Russian energy, makes excuses: "I did everything possible to prevent #Russia from starting a war, and that is why I got... Russian cheap gas". Fantastic. After all, the war did not start, right? The author of…

— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) April 30, 2023

• Angela Merkel, on April 30, urged against dismissing the possibility of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to bring an end to the war.