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Any peace deal reached between Ukraine and Russia seemingly will not be honest, Czech President Petr Pavel mentioned Wednesday — however justice must be the target nonetheless.
“A simply peace, if we have been to think about it on a scale from 100% to nothing, would imply the restoration of Ukraine’s full management over its territory, together with Crimea. It would require that the aggressor pay compensation for battle damages. But that is most likely a fantasy, we are able to all agree,” Pavel mentioned on PoliTalk, a Czech political podcast.
“In actuality, the result will likely be barely completely different. [But] our goal must be to get as shut as doable to a simply peace.”
Ukrainian officers instructed POLITICO on Monday that they’d be open to peace talks, now that Kyiv’s place has been strengthened by its profitable incursion into Russia, however would not agree to barter straight with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Czech president mentioned earlier this week that Ukraine must be allowed to affix NATO even when it hasn’t recovered all its territory from Russian occupation.
