Before flying to Washington, where he should meet with senior members of the US Congress and the special representative of the American President Donald Trump on Ukraine, Keito Kelllog, Koval emphasized that peace negotiations in Ukraine should not lead to the recognition of the territorial claims of the country's aggressor country.
Legal recognition of the Crimea, Donbass and other parts of Ukraine with Russian territories will allow illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin to expand “imperial Russia.” Koval warned that “it would be terrible.”
He noted that such a solution can become a red line for both Poland and the countries of Central Europe.
Koval recalled that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia recognized Ukraine with all its borders, in particular, with Crimea and Donbass, and this is the basis of international law.
At the same time, in his opinion, Trump still will not allow Russia to control the Ukrainian territory of de jure and recognizes a constant threat from Putin.
Koval also believes that the head of the White House will not deprive American companies with the opportunity to invest in the post -war restoration of Ukraine, abandoning security guarantees that Kyiv and its European allies are striving for.
Context
Since 2014, Russian invaders occupied Crimea, parts of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson and Kharkov regions. Also, under the Russian occupation, the Kinburne Spit belonging to the Nikolaev region.
On June 14, 2024, Putin announced the so -called peaceful proposal, in the case of the conditions of which Russia seems to agree to cease fire and start negotiations with Ukraine: Ukraine must withdraw troops From the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions and agree with their status “Russian territories”. In addition, Ukraine must recognize the occupation of Crimea.
After Trump’s victory in the US presidential election, his administration repeatedly spoke about the need for concessions in negotiations regarding the end of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. In particular, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in January called the Ukrainian plan to throw the Army of the aggressor country into the borders before the start of a full-scale war. Kellogs also spoke about the concessions that “all parties” should go.
On March 11, the United States and Ukraine held negotiations in Jidd (Saudi Arabia) regarding the establishment of peace in Ukraine. According to Rubio, they discussed the issues of territorial concessions.
On March 14, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine does not recognize the occupied territories by the territories of the Russian Federation.
Foreign Minister Andrei Sibiga called the three Red lines of Ukraine in any upcoming negotiations on the end of the Russian war against Ukraine: the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine, a veto for the choice of the people of Ukraine regarding the EU or NATO, and the restriction of the defense capabilities of Ukraine.
