Potential talks with Russia don’t mean silence on battlefield — Ukrainian military

He told about this on Espreso TV.

‘For Russia, the war in Ukraine has long since moved from the military to the political field. So, we can say that all the negotiations that are currently being discussed will not take place in one day. And the question of the military expediency of fighting is seen by the Russians as a solution to their political issues. 

Since the political issue of the Russian Federation is the survival of Putin's dictatorship, discussions, battles, bargaining, deception, search for additional allies, bribes — all of these will be used by the parties involved in this process. Unfortunately, this will indirectly affect the front line,’ said the head of the Council of Reservists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to him, even if negotiations are taking place or have already taken place, this will not mean that the battlefield will be quiet. We should recall the events in Donbas in 2014, the battles for Debaltseve — when all the negotiators were sitting and discussing the ceasefire process, and at the same time Russian troops were frantically attacking.

‘This is the situation that will happen now. Therefore, we should not hope for a quick ceasefire and relax. There will be a long and protracted process. During the protracted negotiations, the issue of resources and capabilities will be of great importance to us. It is about internal consolidation of society and real support from our allies. It is also important that the Americans are now beginning to transfer all the weapons they have pledged to provide us at a fast pace,’ summed up Ivan Tymochko.

• On December 13, NBC reported that Trump's national security team is in talks with the administration of current U.S. leader Joe Biden and Ukrainian officials to ‘find a way’ to end the war.
• NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned against publicly discussing a possible peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow in order not to make Russian dictator Vladimir Putin more aware.