No backroom deals – negotiations must be transparent

And you expect something good for the people of Ukraine from this approach?!

Ukraine's only way forward among the stronger is to bring everything into the open, ensure transparency, and refuse any discussion about Ukraine’s fate without Ukraine.

Ukraine will maintain its position if it can restore the importance of international legal norms, rules, and the categorical rejection of the imposed narrative about "two sides of the conflict, where each must compromise..."

Yes, I have complaints about those involved: there have been too many mistakes. The dynamics and energy outward have significantly decreased. A reset of the strategy and its executors is needed! If you don’t shift from internal struggles for power to strengthening the defense and resilience of the country — the consequences will "hit" all of us!

Think. About. That.

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About the author. Valeriy Chaly, Ukrainian diplomat, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United States.

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