Ukraine may be ready to start peace talks with Russia. President Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff says in an interview with the Financial Times that negotiations on the Crimean Peninsula may become relevant. Andriy Sybiha, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s deputy chief of staff, opens up that Ukraine may be ready to start peace talks with Russia. In an interview with the Financial Times, he says that negotiations on the occupied Crimean peninsula may become relevant if Ukraine succeeds in regaining other areas of the country. Ukraine is currently carrying out a counter-offensive in the eastern parts of the country and the outcome of the fighting may determine how future negotiations will look, according to the deputy chief of staff. – If we succeed in achieving our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we are on the administrative border with Crimea, we will be ready to have diplomatic discussions on the issue, he tells the newspaper. At the same time, Sybiha emphasizes that the possibility of the Crimean peninsula being liberated during the course of the war has not been ruled out. According to him, discussions about Crimea are ongoing between the president and his staff. The president himself has not yet commented on the deputy chief of staff’s comments, but has said in previous interviews that all occupied land, including Crimea, should be liberated.
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Ukraine opens for negotiations on Crimea
