5 MAY 2022
[O]ne of the members of President Zelensky's inner circle shares strictly off the record in a conversation with the UP...
More generally, Ukraine's readiness for some form of tactical surrender in the early hours of the attack gave way to the first attempts to outline Russia's future defeat...
Ukrainian Pravda found out how... Boris Johnson's emergency visit changed the course of events...
The moral and value gap between Putin and the world is so great that even the Kremlin will not have such a long negotiating table to close it.
The second - much more unexpected - obstacle to agreements with the Russians arrived in Kyiv on April 9.
As soon as the Ukrainian negotiators and Abramovich / Medinsky, following the results of Istanbul, agreed in general terms on the construction of a future possible agreement, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson appeared in Kyiv almost without warning .
"Johnson brought two simple messages to Kyiv: Putin is a war criminal, he should be persecuted, not negotiated with. And secondly, if you are ready to sign some guarantee agreements with him, we are not. We can, but not with you. he will still abandon everyone , "summed up one of Zelensky's close associates.
There is much more behind this visit and Johnson's words than a simple reluctance to get involved in agreements with Russia.
The collective West, which backed Zelensky in February to surrender and flee, now felt that Putin was not really as omnipotent as he had imagined.
Moreover, right now there is a chance to "squeeze it". The West wants to use it.
Three days after the happy owner of the Vasylkiv rooster , Johnson, flew back to the Foggy Albion, Putin went public and said talks with Ukraine had "reached a stalemate."...
Roman Romanyuk, UE