“Alpha and Omega” of Negotiations: Diplomat Names the Only Way to Stop Russia

Ukraine should realize that the diplomatic process requires full consent, not just partial agreements, because “until everything is agreed, nothing is agreed.” At the same time, the only effective method of stopping an aggressor is to inflict military and economic defeat on the enemy, not to try to reach an agreement.

This opinion was expressed on the air of “Pryamoy” by diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Ohryzko, analyzing the current state of peace negotiations.

He noted that the aggressor country systematically uses the tactic of fixing incomplete agreements for its own benefit. According to the former diplomat, this approach is “traditional Russian policy.”

“You can have 20 points, of which 19 are agreed, but the main 20th is not. And all the agreements, in fact, fly into the “taraars”, – emphasized Ogryzko and added that such manipulations, such as attempts to incline Ukraine to the “buffer zone” or abandon the course in NATO, are typical of the aggressor’s strategy.

According to the diplomat, Ukraine, having learned from the experience of events before 2014 and the full-scale invasion, should not succumb to “persuasion, pressure, blackmail,” because each country will try to realize its interests at its expense.

Therefore, the studio guest is convinced that the only effective method of stopping the aggressor is to inflict a military and economic defeat on the enemy, and not to try to negotiate. “To break the Russian economy, which is already barely holding on… and to destroy the Russian military potential. There are no more options,” Volodymyr Ogryzko summed up on the air of “Pryamoy”.

As a reminder, the United States, together with its European partners , have completed the approval of a draft security guarantees for Ukraine, which provides for a large-scale strengthening of the Armed Forces, the deployment of a European military contingent, and the key role of American intelligence in deterring new Russian aggression.

The agreements were reached during two days of consultations in Berlin involving representatives of the United States, European countries and Ukraine. As a result, the parties agreed on two documents that should form the basis of a potential agreement to end hostilities in the war, which has been going on for almost four years.

At the same time , Ukraine and Russia have not yet reached an agreement on Donbas within the framework of peace negotiations, while the parties have made progress on security guarantees and further steps in the negotiation process. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia insists on the transfer of all of Donbas to it within the framework of the peace plan, but Ukraine’s position remains unchanged – there will be no territorial concessions.

It should be noted that the issue of Ukraine’s possible refusal to join NATO in exchange for the promised security guarantees has become a subject of heated discussion. However, such a scenario is unacceptable for Ukraine , as it does not correspond to the current Constitution, which clearly defines the country’s Euro-Atlantic course, – said Volodymyr Ar’yev, a member of parliament from the “European Solidarity” party, on the air of “Pryamoy”.

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