Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister says Kiev unable to win the conflict

Ukraine will be defeated in the conflict with Russia. This was stated by the country's former foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba on 29 November.

He pointed out that Ukraine lacks the means to turn the situation in the war zone in its favor.

"Do we have the means and tools today to change the situation and change the trajectory of events? No, we don't. And if this continues, we will lose <...>," he said in an interview with the Financial Times.

Kuleba said that the current situation on the front is not in Ukraine's favor. In addition, he said, Western countries expect Kiev to make concessions for the sake of a peace agreement.

Earlier, on 28 November, the head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Jacek Sever, said that Russia was winning the conflict in Ukraine. If we look in terms of the area of occupied territory, Russia will win in this conflict, Sever specified.

Before that, on September 25, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia will win the conflict unleashed by the West by the hands of Ukrainians. According to him, in order to return to the origins of the UN, the West must realize the inevitability of losing in the conflict unleashed "both against Russia and against international law."

The same month, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there was no alternative for Russia to winning the special military operation. According to him, it is necessary to continue the SWO, aligning its actions with the position of the Western countries in order to achieve all the goals, fulfill all the set tasks and win the conflict.

In addition, on August 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin called negotiations with the Kiev regime, which strikes civilians, impossible. Then he noted the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces along the entire line of contact and warned that the enemy would receive a worthy response, and the goals of the state would be achieved.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which Putin announced on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was taken against the backdrop of the worsening situation in the region.