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Former US Secretary of State Kissinger said Ukraine should cede land to Russia

The speech was given by the 98-year-old former foreign minister at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Kissinger reminds the West of Russia’s place in the balance of power in Europe, and implies that Ukraine need to return to the negotiating table soon.

“Negotiations need to start in the next two months, before they cause upheavals and tensions that are not easily overcome. Ideally, a dividing line reverts to the status quo. Pursuing that street war will not be for Ukraine’s freedom, but a new war with Russia.” Telegraph Quote from Mr. Kissinger.

The “status quo” here means the time when Russia officially took control of the Crimean peninsula and the two provinces of Lugansk and Donetsk in the Donbass region.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky once stated that one of the conditions for peace talks with Russia would be the restoration of the lands that Russia controls.

Kissinger also told the WEF that Russia has been an important part of Europe for 400 years and is “the guarantor of the balance of power structure at critical times”.

“European leaders should not lose sight of the long-term, and should not push Russia into a long-term alliance with China,” Kissinger said.

Former Secretary of State Kissinger played a key role in reducing tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War.

“I hope Ukrainians will combine heroism with wisdom,” he said. The right role for Ukraine, he said, is to be a neutral buffer state, rather than being the boundary of Europe.

Kissinger’s “solution” is the opposite of what Ukraine wants. The majority of Ukrainians oppose the ceding of land to Russia.

A survey conducted by the Kiev Institute of Sociology from May 13-18 showed that 82% of respondents said that they do not want to cede land to Russia, while only 10% think that it is possible to cede land to achieve this goal. peace and independence.

An adviser to the Ukrainian president, Mykhailo Podolyak, reacted angrily to the “solution” proposed by Kissinger.

“Mr Kissinger easily offered to give Russia part of Ukraine to end the war, he should also offer Poland and Lithuania. It is good that the Ukrainians in the trenches did not have time to listen to the ‘panic people in Davos’. They are busy defending Freedom and Democracy,” Podolyak wrote on Twitter, accompanied by a photo of Kissinger shaking hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to Telegraph

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