To win the war and join the EU, Ukraine must maintain national unity. This is the “most important (…) task that we must tackle together,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Sunday. Meanwhile, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger advised the country not to cede post-war occupied territories to Russia. He also gave tips for possible peace negotiations.
If the Ukrainians create this unity, they will succeed in something that generations before have not done. As examples, Zelenskyy cited independence from Russia, its own path to Europe and its transformation into one of the most modern countries in the world. “Only those who don’t know the real story and don’t feel its importance can choose to attack us,” he said. Ukrainians have been oppressed for centuries and will never give up their independence.
Lavrov: Zelensky must be overthrown
Prior to Zelenskyy’s speech, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had said the “anti-people and anti-historical leadership” in Kiev had to be overthrown. Meanwhile, former US Secretary of State Kissinger advised Ukraine and the West on Sunday not to relinquish post-war occupied territories in negotiations with Russia. Those responsible should draw boundaries beforehand and “giving up Ukrainian territory should not be one of the conditions we can accept.”
Negotiations: must work with victims
In general, it should be clear what one wants to negotiate and what not. The negotiations should be conducted in “full cooperation with the victims of aggression”, those responsible and the people of Ukraine. “It’s the only conceivable basis for dealing with a Cold War-like situation,” the 99-year-old said. The German-American was national security adviser to the US and Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977. In 1973 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the ceasefire and the withdrawal agreement from what was then North Vietnam.
Source: Krone
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