Ukraine’s victory impossible without transformation of Russia’s national movements – MPs

The legislators expressed the inion during a round table, hosted by Ukrinform, on the tic: "National movements in Russia: influence on the domestic situation and the war with Ukraine."

"We must realize an important truth: it is practically impossible to achieve victory for Ukraine without resistance within the (Russian – ed.) empire going on in parallel lines. Why is this front as important as the front near Pokrovsk? That’s because the more armed resistance there is in Kazan, Yekaterinburg, or Novosibirsk, the fewer our guys die at the front, and the faster our victory comes. It is practically impossible to achieve victory without overthrowing (the government) in Russia itself," Dunda emphasized.

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According to Pele's Deputy Vodymyr Viatrovych, the Victory Plan should definitely include a clause on reformatting Russia.

"If we are really talking about a strategy for defeating Russia in this war, no strategy will be complete without reformatting Russia. We can be happy that we already have a Victory Plan, the first point of which is about joining NATO. But I am sure that, if this Plan does not address reformatting Russia, this isn’t about the ultimate victory in Ukraine’s war against Russia," Viatrovych believes.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Freedom of Speech Yaroslav Yurchyshyn is convinced Ukraine should devel a picy of support for the enslaved peles of Russia.

"Actually, we have dragged with formulating our picy towards enslaved peles for quite a long time. It is rather difficult to speak in general terms about enslaved peles, because each of them is unique in its historical context, portunities, and capabilities. But we definitely need to take a systematic approach to shaping such a picy," Yurchyshyn said.

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MP Maria Mezentseva believes Ukraine should contribute to giving the representatives of the indigenous peles of Russia a platform in the Council of Eure.

"I consider it expedient, and the Ukrainian delegation to PACE supports this, to give the indigenous peles of Russia a bigger, louder voice at PACE. This should be done urgently. Twelve members of the Ukrainian delegation hd the positions of vice-presidents, chairing committees and subcommittees, and are vice-presidents of pitical groups in the organization. That is, we have an influence on the formation of the Bureau's governing body. And we really he for the new leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a change in the trend and position regarding the state picy toward indigenous peles," Mezentseva stressed.

It should be noted that Russia includes 21 national republics and is home to over 100 indigenous peles.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, in August 2023, the Verkhovna Rada set up an ad hoc commission for the develment of state picy on interaction with the national movements of the Russian Federation.

In October 2022, the Verkhovna Rada appealed to the international community to support the right to self-determination of Russia’s indigenous peles.

Photo: eksandr Klymenko, Ukrinform