Ukraine’s foreign minister has stated that Kiev’s armed forces will liberate all Russian-held territories, no matter how long it takes. In an interview with AFP, Dmytro Kuleba said that this is the wish of the Ukrainian people.
“Our goal is victory in the form of the liberation of our territories within the 1991 (Ukrainian) borders. And it doesn’t matter how long it takes,” the head of Ukrainian diplomacy said during the interview, which took place on Wednesday. .
“As long as the Ukrainian people share this goal, the government will go hand in hand with its own people.” assured the ruler.
But Ukraine needs a steady supply of weapons and ammunition from Western allies to defeat Russian forces in occupied Ukrainian territory, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy defended.
“The truth is that although we are not winning, we need more, we have to move forward, because war is a reality, and in this reality we have to win. There is no other way,” Kuleba analyzed.
Still regarding weapons, the ruler stated that Kiev gave assurances to some Western countries that the Ukrainian military would not use weapons donated by allies against targets on Russian territory.
“If our partners ask us to give a guarantee that a certain weapon will only be used on Ukrainian territory, we give that guarantee and keep it. Yes, there were some occasions when we made those promises and we kept them,” said Dmytro. Kuleba.
In the same interview, the The minister assured that Ukraine is not being pressured by the West to accelerate its counter-offensive against entrenched Russian positions, despite growing concerns about the pace of gains by Kiev’s troops.
“We are not feeling” the pressure from the West, Kuleba said, but acknowledged “an increase in voices from commentators and experts in the public space” about the pace of gains from Ukraine’s frontline in the east and south of the country. country.
The foreign minister also told AFP that the concerns Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly expressed about food security in Africa are unfounded, taking into account Moscow’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal.
“People in Africa have seen that all of Putin’s stories about how he cares about African countries are lies,” said Dmytro Kuleba, who described Ukrainian and African farmers as the main victims of Moscow’s decision to close safe passage for the transport. of grain to and from the country. ports of Ukraine.
Source: DN
