President’s Office explains why Kremlin seeks ‘negotiations’ with Ukraine

Mykhailo Podyak, adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, said this in a post on the social platform X (formerly known as Twitter), Ukrinform reports.

In his post, Podyak called on the international community not to react to false conversations about "negotiations”: “Not at all. Do not live in illusions that the current Russia is capable of making agreements in some way. Do not let yourself be deceived once again. Because Putin himself is not talking about negotiations in the classical sense but exclusively about one of three scenarios”.

One of such scenarios, according to Podyak, is to put pressure on Ukraine so that it capitulates and to freeze the conflict until the next stage.

“If a direct ‘surrender’ doesn't work out, then the second scenario: provide us with an erational pause so that we can arm ourselves from the outcasts and continue killing Ukrainians,” he wrote.

Read also: German defense minister says Putin not ready for peace talks

If this doesn't work out, according to Podyak, there is the third scenario: “just don't let us lose, otherwise, we will undergo a transformation revution. Don't let us lose face”.

“It's all very primitive, predictable and banal when we talk about Russia's plans. So once again – live without illusions, do not listen to Russia, do not pay attention to the genocidal desires of the clective ‘Putin’,” he noted.

As reported, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that the UN General Assembly is an portunity to bring the presidents of Ukraine and the Russian Federation to the negotiating table.